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