EHD?

[firstwd]

Not on purpose, but I ended up reading part of a post a FB friend shared about EHD in Indiana. I've always felt I was a relatively intelligent man, but after losing several minutes of my life on that page I'm no longer sure. According to someone on there EHD comes from and is transported from area to area by cattle.

[greghopper]

EHD and bluetongue are spread in cattle, deer and other ruminants by several species of a tiny flying insect in the genus Culicoides. Call it a gnat, a midge, a no-see-um, or any other local name, this is the tiny fly with the big bite. Three species are the primary vectors, or transmitters, of HD viruses, but one of them is considered the most significant vector and the one we know the most about: Culicoides sonorensis.


“If I wanted to find the larvae of this insect, I’d look in a cattle pond,” said Ed. “Captive deer create the same kind of situation, it isn’t just cattle.”


www.qdma.com/articles/can-we-prevent-ehd

[drs]

Good article, greghopper.

[Woody Williams]

Sept 22, 2015 19:51:34 GMT -5 greghopper said:

EHD and bluetongue are spread in cattle, deer and other ruminants by several species of a tiny flying insect in the genus Culicoides. Call it a gnat, a midge, a no-see-um, or any other local name, this is the tiny fly with the big bite. Three species are the primary vectors, or transmitters, of HD viruses, but one of them is considered the most significant vector and the one we know the most about: Culicoides sonorensis.


“If I wanted to find the larvae of this insect, I’d look in a cattle pond,” said Ed. “Captive deer create the same kind of situation, it isn’t just cattle.”


www.qdma.com/articles/can-we-prevent-ehd

If I was a deer farmer there would not be a pond on my place. My deer would all drink out of troughs...with piped in fresh water..

[BOWn Hunter]

I've never researched it and know very little about it, but are there signs of deer with EHD to look for or is it something more internal that kills them with little to no sign on the outside?