THE GROSS AND HISTOPATHOLOGIC LESIONS OF MAIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER IN THREE CAPTIVE SIKA DEER (Cervus nippon) IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO

Abstract

The gross and histopathologic lesions of three captive sika deer (Cervus nippon) with malignant catarrhal fever are described. Lesions included those of the head and eye form and the more commonly described peracute form. One deer had been exposed to a wildebeeste (Connochaetes gnou) and the other two to domestic sheep.