Meanings
alternative epizootic haemorrhagic disease
- uncountableA 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.
Bluetongue symptoms in white-tailed deer are identical to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD).
1981, Bluetongue: A Threat to U.S. Exports, U.S. Department of Agriculture, unnumbered page1 more example
Other species, including pronghorns and mule deer, sometimes are infected, but epizootic hemorrhagic disease is most evident in white-tailed deer.
2003, Eric G. Bolen, William Laughlin Robinson, Wildlife Ecology and Management, Prentice Hall, page 138Synonyms: EHD, epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Translations
German Epizootische Hämorrhagie der Hirsche
- Epizootische Hämorrhagie der Hirschedisease of wild ruminants
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