Prevalence of eight bovine viruses in sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) in Japan.

THE sika deer ( Cervus nippon yesoensis ) is a subspecies native to Hokkaido, the most northern major island of Japan. Several surveys of microorganisms have been conducted in the deer population of Japan ([Isogai and others 1991][1], [Ejercito and others 1993][2], [Matsuura and others 2007][3]),