Bender L C, Hall P B, Garner M M, Oaks J L
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Vancouver 98661, USA.
J Zoo Wildl Med. 1999 Jun;30(2):293-6.
A dead elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) calf was diagnosed with bacillary hemoglobinuria, a toxemia caused by the bacterium Clostridium haemolyticum. The mortality occurred in southwest Washington, USA (46 degrees 13'N, 123 degrees 22'W), in an area in which several previous mortalities, suspected but not conclusively diagnosed to be either bacillary hemoglobinuria, enterotoxemia, or leptospirosis, occurred. This is the first reported incidence of mortality attributable to bacillary hemoglobinuria in free-ranging elk. Similar deaths of young elk in the area suggest that mortality from this disease may be common locally.
一头死亡的罗斯福马鹿幼崽被诊断患有细菌性血红蛋白尿症，这是一种由溶血性梭菌引起的毒血症。此次死亡事件发生在美国华盛顿州西南部（北纬46度13分，西经123度22分），该地区此前曾发生过几起死亡事件，怀疑是细菌性血红蛋白尿症、肠毒血症或钩端螺旋体病，但未得到最终确诊。这是首次有报道称自由放养的马鹿因细菌性血红蛋白尿症死亡。该地区幼龄马鹿的类似死亡情况表明，这种疾病在当地可能普遍导致死亡。
