{"title":"Leptospirosis survey in a white-tailed deer herd in Ontario: comparative use of fluid and paper disc-absorbed blood.","authors":"B F Kingscote","doi":"10.7589/0090-3558-5.2.68","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were sampled in a wilderness area of Southern Ontario in 1965, 1966, and 1967. Serological evidence of Leptospira pomona and L. grippotyphosa infection was found. Leptospirosis has not depressed the deer population. There was a positive correlation between age and reactor rate. Paper disc-absorbed whole blood has been tested comparatively with fluid serum and found to be a useful tool for field serological surveys.","PeriodicalId":78835,"journal":{"name":"Wildlife disease","volume":"5 2","pages":"68-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1969-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.7589/0090-3558-5.2.68","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Wildlife disease","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-5.2.68","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were sampled in a wilderness area of Southern Ontario in 1965, 1966, and 1967. Serological evidence of Leptospira pomona and L. grippotyphosa infection was found. Leptospirosis has not depressed the deer population. There was a positive correlation between age and reactor rate. Paper disc-absorbed whole blood has been tested comparatively with fluid serum and found to be a useful tool for field serological surveys.