Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Treponeme-associated hoof disease – USA: (ID) elk, 1st rep.
PRO/AH/EDR> Treponeme-associated hoof disease – USA: (ID) elk, 1st rep.
Other Animal Disease -- United StatesA new disease has been confirmed in an elk harvested near Whitebird, Idaho last year [2018]. This is the 1st confirmed case of Treponema associated hoof disease (TAHD), a disease that "is caused by a spirochete bacterium that causes hoof abnormalities and lameness in elk," in the state, Local News 8 reports.Previously found in elk within Washington and Oregon, the disease is not widespread yet; however, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is working Read more [...]
