Is this ehd?

Did chores friday evening and had a doe hunched up and head down. Walking wobbly, and had black tarry stool with blood in it. She was perfectly fine the night before. Treated her with fluids and baytril and la300. Next morning at 5:30 am she was dead. My vet and i cut her open and found the large intestine had hemmoraged and was full of blood. We sent in many different tissue samples to u of mn for examination. My vets opinion is she had chlostridium type A. Says he has seen it many times in dairy and beef cattle. Says it it very deadly and they will die in 24 hours or less. I am not doubting his opinion at all. Just seeing what you southern farmers that deal with ehd every year are having for symptoms. To my knowledge we have never had a confirmed case here before. It has been a cool summer here. I am located approximately 30 minutes from the iowa border. Also i have a freind not far from me that lost two doe's with the identical symptoms one to two weeks prior. Also want to add that friday evening she was at the drinker for four hours straight. I know she was very dehydrated. With the hemmoraging that is expected. I thought i was told that ehd causes brain hemmoraging. Is this true or can it cause hemmoraging elsewhere? Thanks in advance for any input.

My only experience with EHD was my deer had bloody foam coming from their mouths when they died.........but I know it can show in many different ways......does sound like your vet may be right though.....

Definitely could be ehd OR clostridium A

We saw those same signs with several we lost w ehd

I would be more inclined to say it is Clostridium. I am not sure the time frame of the demise of the animal, but I have never had one die in 24 hours...of course it may be the type that makes the timeframe differ. Anyways, I have been very successful in saving the deer with 10cc of C&D Antitoxin and 6CC Penacillin. Very rarely do they need a second treatment, many of them are atleast 90% within 24 hours and most 100% within 36 hours.



Most of my issues have occurred in March or April of the year. With the weather this summer being very wet and warm, the bacteria are more apt to be present this late in the year. You can vaccinate your animals with covexin 8 and lime your pens.



Good luck.