PA: EHD in deer

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Source: http://triblive.com/local/westmorel...west-pennsylvania-deer-with-internal-bleeding


Virus killing hundreds of Southwest Pennsylvania deer with internal bleeding
Matthew Santoni | Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, 2:24 p.m.

Hundreds of dead white-tailed deer in the region may have been killed by a disease that causes internal bleeding and is likely responsible for thousands more deaths in other states.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is monitoring reports of epizootic hemorrhaging disease , or EHD, in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and northern Washington counties, said Samara Trusso, southwestern regional biologist and wildlife management supervisor.

A group of dead deer possibly felled by EHD were found in Westmoreland County near its border with Allegheny. They were too decomposed to test for confirmation, Trusso said.

?There's been nothing tested or that met the requirements for testing in Westmoreland County,? Trusso said. ?There was one report of a few found in a creek bed, but we couldn't make a determination because they were too far gone.? ...

 

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Source: http://www.timesonline.com/news/20171012/viral-disease-infects-more-than-1000-deer-in-beaver-county


Viral disease infects more than 1,000 deer in Beaver County
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By Jared Stonesifer
Posted at 11:00 AM Updated at 11:35 AM

A viral disease has affected more than 1,000 deer in Beaver County, the third time in the last decade an outbreak has occurred here.

A viral disease has affected more than 1,000 deer in Beaver County, the third time in the last decade an outbreak has occurred here.

The only difference, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission Officer Matt Kramer, is that this year?s outbreak is by far the worst. Called epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, deer are affected after being bitten by a midge fly that transmits the disease.

Any deer affected with the disease bleeds to death internally in a matter of about a week. The EHD virus spread in the area in 2007 and 2012, although not to the extent seen this year.

Kramer said the issue is particularly concerning because archery season has already begun for deer, and rifle season is only about six weeks away. Despite that, he said there is no known evidence that deer can pass the disease on to humans...