Tag: white tailed deer
Preprint: White-tailed deer still harbouring Alpha, Gamma and Delta variants in New York
Nine lineages including three major variants of concern; Alpha, Gamma and Delta, were detected in White-tailed deer samples in New York. More...
US: Chronic wasting disease in Michigan white tailed deer
A deadly neurological disease known for affecting different species of moose, elk, and other hoofed mammals has been confirmed in a white-tailed deer in Michigan. More...
USA: Sars-CoV-2 antibodies detected in 33% of White-Tailed Deer samples
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 33% of the 481 samples collected from January 2020 through 2021. More...
White-tailed deer are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection
“Here we demonstrated that white-tailed deer, an animal species in which the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) – the SARS-CoV-2 receptor – shares a high degree of similarity to humans, are highly susceptible to infection. More...