epizootic hemorrhagic disease

epizootic hemorrhagic disease

English

Alternative forms

• epizootic haemorrhagic disease

Noun

epizootic hemorrhagic disease (uncountable)

1. A disease, often fatal, of wild ruminants, most notably white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), caused by Epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus transmitted by certain midges, especially the species Culicoides variipennis.
   • 1981, Bluetongue: A Threat to U.S. Exports, U.S. Department of Agriculture, unnumbered page,

     Bluetongue symptoms in white-tailed deer are identical to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD).

   • 2003, Eric G. Bolen, William Laughlin Robinson, Wildlife Ecology and Management, Prentice Hall, page 138,

     Other species, including pronghorns and mule deer, sometimes are infected, but epizootic hemorrhagic disease is most evident in white-tailed deer.

Synonyms

• (disease of wild ruminants): EHD, epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer

Derived terms

• epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, EHDV

Translations

disease of wild ruminants

German: Epizootische Hämorrhagie der Hirsche f

See also

• bluetongue

References

• epizootic hemorrhagic disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia