2013 journal article

Bartonella vinsonii subsp berkhoffii in Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 49(2), 468–470.

By: M. Chitwood n, R. Maggi n, S. Kennedy-Stoskopf n, M. Toliver* & C. DePerno n

MeSH headings : Animals; Animals, Wild / microbiology; Bartonella / isolation & purification; Bartonella Infections / epidemiology; Bartonella Infections / veterinary; DNA, Bacterial / analysis; Deer / microbiology; Female; North Carolina / epidemiology
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Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii has not been detected previously in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). We tested whole blood from 60 white-tailed deer for Bartonella spp. DNA; three (5%) were positive for Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii. This is the first detection of Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii in white-tailed deer.