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VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. \u2014 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported the first 2025 cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD)<\/a> have been detected in free-ranging white tail deer in several of the state’s southern counties, including Van Buren County.<\/p>\n

The DNR Wildlife Health Section, Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study also confirmed cases out of Eaton, Jackson, and Washtenaw counties, officials said.<\/p>\n

According to the DNR, EHD is a viral, sometimes fatal disease that periodically affects white-tailed deer. It is transmitted through the bite of an infected midge — also known as biting fly. <\/p>\n

The virus must pass through the insect, as deer cannot transmit EHD directly to one another, officials said.<\/p>\n

“In past years when we’ve confirmed EHD, it has typically affected only one or a few counties,\u201d said Brent Rudolph, deer, elk, and moose management specialist for the DNR Wildlife Division. \u201cOccasionally, localized outbreaks have been detected in a dozen or more counties, including as many as thirty in 2012.”<\/p>\n

The DNR said there is no evidence that humans, household pets, or other Michigan wildlife can contract the EHD virus; venison harvested in areas affected by EHD is safe for consumption.<\/p>\n

Some common symptoms of EHD in deer include appearing lethargic, disoriented, lame or unresponsive. Bloody discharge from the nose and mouth, a swollen or blue-tinged tongue, as well as swelling of the eyelids and around the neck or head are also symptoms of the virus, according to officials.<\/p>\n

Anyone who suspects they have found a deer that has contracted or died from EHD is asked to submit a diseased wildlife report through the DNR’s “Eyes in the Field” online system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

EHD outbreaks typically occur during the late summer and early fall. To track any further detections in Michigan, visit the DNR’s EHD webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. \u2014 The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported the first 2025 cases of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[109026,109021,92030,109025,159,109023,67,132,68,109024,109022,837,109027],"class_list":{"0":"post-196049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-deer-symptoms","9":"tag-epizootic-hemorrhagic-disease","10":"tag-michigan-department-of-natural-resources","11":"tag-midge-transmission","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-southern-counties","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-viral-disease","18":"tag-white-tailed-deer","19":"tag-wildlife","20":"tag-wildlife-report"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115138796328902911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}