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epizootic hemorrhagic disease en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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.
   • 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 138:
   • 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 page:

Forms

Deriveds

epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus · EHDV

Relateds

bluetongue

Synonyms

epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer (disease of wild ruminants) · EHD (disease of wild ruminants)

Translations (1)

de Epizootische Hämorrhagie der Hirsche (disease of wild ruminants)