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AU Jacques,C.N.; Jenks,J.A.; Jenny,A.L.; Griffin,S.L.
TI Prevalence of chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis in free-ranging deer and elk in South Dakota
QU Journal of Wildlife Diseases 2003 Jan; 39(1): 29-34
IA http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/reprint/39/1/29
PT journal article
AB Heads of hunter-harvested deer and elk were collected throughout South Dakota (USA) and within established chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance areas from 1997-2002 to determine infection with CWD and bovine tuberculosis (TB). We used immunohistochemistry to detect CWD-infected individuals among 1,672 deer and elk sampled via geographically targeted surveillance. A total of 537 elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni), 813 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), and 322 mule deer (O. hemionus) was sampled for CWD. Estimated overall prevalence and associated confidence intervals (95%) in white-tailed deer was 0.001% (0-0.007%). Similarly, estimated overall prevalence in elk and mule deer was 0.0% (0-0.004%) and 0.0% (0-0.011%), respectively. A total of 401 elk, 1,638 white-tailed deer, and 207 mule deer was sampled for TB. Estimated overall prevalence of infection with TB in elk harvested in South Dakota was 0.0% (0-0.009%). Similarly, estimated overall prevalence of TB in white-tailed deer and mule deer harvested throughout South Dakota was 0.0% (0-0.002%) and 0.0% (0-0.018%), respectively.
MH Animal; Animals, Wild; Central Nervous System/pathology; Confidence Intervals; *Deer; Female; Immunohistochemistry/veterinary; Male; *Mycobacterium bovis; Prevalence; South Dakota/epidemiology; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Tuberculosis/epidemiology/pathology/*veterinary; Wasting Disease, Chronic/*epidemiology/pathology
AD Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota 57007, USA. jacques_chris@hotmail.com
SP englisch
PO USA