DETECTION OF DEER ATADENOVIRUS A DNA IN DAM AND OFFSPRING PAIRS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN MULE DEER (ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS HEMIONUS) AND ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK (CERVUS CANADENSIS NELSONI).
Adenovirus hemorrhagic disease affects primarily mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni), and moose (Alces alces) in their first year of life. The method by which the causative virus, Deer atadenovirus A, is maintained in the environment and transmitted to neonates is unknown. In this study, we investigated the potential transmission of the virus from dam to offspring in Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and elk in western Wyoming, US. We sampled dams before parturition during placement of vaginal implant transmitters and at parturition and sampled neonates during capture in their first days of life. We also tested for the virus in mortalities submitted for pathologic examination and laboratory analysis. We detected viral DNA in samples from all time points tested but did not find a connection between positive dams and offspring mortalities associated with adenovirus hemorrhagic disease. Although we did not find direct evidence of transmission events between dams and offspring, asymptomatic animals shedding of Deer atadenovirus A, are a likely source of infection in neonates.
['Kauffman|Kayla M|KM|', 'Cornish|Todd|T|', 'Monteith|Kevin|K|', 'Schumaker|Brant|B|', 'LaSharr|Tayler|T|', 'Huggler|Katey|K|', 'Miller|Myrna|M|']
D000257:Adenoviridae Infections D000823:Animal Identification Systems D000818:Animals D000831:Animals, Newborn D046808:Atadenovirus D004279:DNA, Viral D003670:Deer D005260:Female D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical D014621:Vagina D017201:Virus Shedding D014959:Wyoming
Deer atadenovirus A Odocoileus hemionus Cervus canadensis nelsoni Adenovirus hemorrhagic disease vaginal implant transmitter perinatal transmission viral detection