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Multiple osteochondromas of the antlers and cranium in a free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
This paper reports a case of multiple osteochondromas affecting the antlers and the left zygomatic bone of a free-ranging adult white-tailed buck (Odocoileus virginianus) from Georgia, USA.
Uwe Kierdorf, Karl V Miller, Stefan Flohr, Santiago Gomez, Horst Kierdorf   +4 more
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Characteristics of Large Antlers Reveal Key Features to Reach Full Genetic Potential [PDF]

Animals
Antlers are costly bone structures that grow every year. Thus, in addition to the genetic potential, its full potential size depends on the physiological state and food availability.
Tomás Landete-Castillejos, Irene Arroyo, Martina Pérez-Serrano, Dainis Paeglitis, Mara Paeglite, Louis Chonco, Andrés J. García   +6 more
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Mechanical properties of farmed fallow deer antlers depending on age [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Antlers are unique bones and are very characteristic secondary sexual organs of cervids males. Rapid growth of its can cause physiological exhaustion and seasonal osteoporosis. Antlers develop with the age of the male, which is also related to
Katarzyna Tajchman, Siemowit Muszyński, Francisco Ceacero, Kornel Kasperek, Paweł Janiszewski, Katarzyna Dziki-Michalska, Ewa Tomaszewska   +6 more
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Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Nitrogen in Female Qamanirjuaq Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) Antlers in Relation to Diet and Physiology [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Populations of Arctic barren‐ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) have fluctuated over the past few decades but are currently in decline.
Matthew Brenning, Fred J. Longstaffe, Joshua H. Miller, Danielle Fraser   +3 more
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Antler casting in relation to parturition in semi-domesticated female reindeer [PDF]

Rangifer, 2013
We investigated the timing of the right and left antler casting in semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in relation to parturition using 139 antlered adult individually marked females in 2008-09 between May 5 and June 2; a period ...
Eigil Reimers, Mauri Nieminen, Diress Tsegaye   +2 more
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Optimizing protein yield from growing deer antlers [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Growing antlers in deer contain bioactive compounds, most of which are proteins and peptides with effects on health, such as anticancer and regenerative properties.
Nicolás Alegría-Aravena, Nicolás Alegría-Aravena, María-Pilar López-Garrido, Josefa Quiroz-Troncoso, Raquel González-Martos, Marta Sánchez-Díez, Clara Gavira-O’Neill, Clara Gavira-O’Neill, Andrés J. García-Díaz, Tomás Landete-Castillejos, Carmen Ramírez-Castillejo, Carmen Ramírez-Castillejo, Louis Chonco, Francisco Sánchez-Sánchez   +13 more
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Features of moose antlers (Alces alces) from Ukraine [PDF]

Theriologia Ukrainica, 2019
During research of moose antlers from Ukraine, the following measurements were taken: coverage of the socket, circumference at a distance of 4 cm from the outer edge of the socket, length of each antler on the posterior curved side between the ends of ...
Anatoliy Volokh
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Efficiency of the use of Siberian stag velvet antlers powder during the training period of the year-long cycle of training athletes of winter cycling sports

Спортивная медицина: наука и практика, 2020
Objective: study of the effect of Siberian stag velvet antlers powder on the state of hemopoesis and biochemical indicators of overtraining in winter cycling sports athletes.
S. V. Vereshchagina, I. N. Smirnova, S. V. Steinerdt, А. А. Zaycev, B. V. Barankin   +4 more
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Distribution, structure, and mineralization of calcified cartilage remnants in hard antlers

Bone Reports, 2022
Antlers are paired deciduous bony cranial appendages of deer that undergo a regular cycle of growth, death and casting, and constitute the most rapidly growing bones in mammals. Antler growth occurs in an appositional mode and involves a modified form of
Uwe Kierdorf, Stuart R. Stock, Santiago Gomez, Olga Antipova, Horst Kierdorf   +4 more
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Historical Landscape Use of Migratory Caribou: New Insights From Old Antlers

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Accumulations of shed caribou antlers (Rangifer tarandus) are valuable resources for expanding the temporal scope with which we evaluate seasonal landscape use of herds.
Joshua H. Miller, Brooke E. Crowley, Brooke E. Crowley, Clément P. Bataille, Eric J. Wald, Abigail Kelly, Madison Gaetano, Volker Bahn, Patrick Druckenmiller   +8 more
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