Dardiri A H, Logan L L, Mebus C A
J Wildl Dis. 1987 Apr;23(2):215-9. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-23.2.215.
Nine white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were experimentally infected with Cowdria ruminantium, the causal agent of heartwater. All deer developed clinical signs; one was killed, one was treated, and seven died within 2 wk postinoculation. Diagnosis of heartwater was based on clinical signs, postmortem lesions and by microscopic observation of C. ruminantium in endothelial cells of brain capillaries of dead animals. Cowdria ruminantium was passaged by collecting blood from deer at the height of the febrile response and intravenous inoculation of susceptible deer and goats. Tetracycline was effective in the treatment of heartwater in a deer.
九只白尾鹿（弗吉尼亚鹿）被实验性感染了反刍兽考德里氏体（心水病的病原体）。所有的鹿都出现了临床症状；一只被处死，一只接受了治疗，七只在接种后2周内死亡。心水病的诊断基于临床症状、死后病变以及对死亡动物脑毛细血管内皮细胞中的反刍兽考德里氏体进行显微镜观察。通过在发热反应高峰期采集鹿的血液并静脉接种易感鹿和山羊，使反刍兽考德里氏体得以传代。四环素对一只鹿的心水病治疗有效。
