Blood samples were obtained from 138 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) harvested at three sites surrounding the greater Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, metropolitan area (USA) and tested for neutralizing antibody to Cache Valley virus and three California serogroup (Jamestown Canyon, La Crosse, trivittatus) viruses (Bunyaviridae). Deer at each site had neutralizing antibody to one or more California serogroup viruses and/or Cache Valley virus. The majority of adult deer (85%) had antibody to both a California serogroup virus and Cache Valley virus. Antibody prevalence varied significantly with age of the deer. Fawns had a significantly lower prevalence of antibody to either a California serogroup (17%) or Cache Valley virus (39%) than did older (>1-yr-old) deer (89% for a California serogroup virus and 91% for Cache Valley virus). The geometric mean titers of antibody in fawns to California serogroup (1:6) and Cache Valley viruses (1:17) were also less than that seen in older animals (1:11 and 1:28 for California serogroup and Cache Valley viruses, respectively). Of 76 older deer with antibody to the California serogroup, 91% had antibody specific for Jamestown Canyon virus. Jamestown Canyon is the primary California serogroup virus circulating in the suburban/rural Minneapolis–St. Paul area. Transmission occurs in an enzootic pattern similar to that documented in Indiana and Michigan. Cache Valley virus also appears to be enzootically transmitted in this area. However, the impact on domestic or wild animal populations is unknown.
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April 01 1991
SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF CALIFORNIA GROUP AND CACHE VALLEY VIRUS INFECTION IN MINNESOTA WHITE-TAILED DEER
David F. Neitzel;
David F. Neitzel
1 Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, 2380 Wycliff Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55114, USA
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Paul R. Grimstad
Paul R. Grimstad
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2 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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J Wildl Dis (1991) 27 (2): 230–237.
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November 06 1989
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David F. Neitzel, Paul R. Grimstad; SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF CALIFORNIA GROUP AND CACHE VALLEY VIRUS INFECTION IN MINNESOTA WHITE-TAILED DEER. J Wildl Dis 1 April 1991; 27 (2): 230–237. doi: https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-27.2.230
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