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What has made deer farming in New Zealand so successful? The importance of venison quality, understanding the industry, the market and the biology of the animals

Rangifer, 1990
In summarising these aspects of success within the NZ deer industry we can note: (1) NZ traditional farming skills of pasture based production have been readily adapted to deer farming.
A. J. Pearse
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Traces of Human-Mediated Selection in the Gene Pool of Red Deer Populations

Animals, 2023
In this study, we analysed the effect of human-mediated selection on the gene pool of wild and farmed red deer populations based on genotyping-by-sequencing data.
Nina Moravčíková, Radovan Kasarda, Radoslav Židek, John Colin McEwan, Rudiger Brauning, Tomás Landete-Castillejos, Louis Chonco, Juraj Ciberej, Jaroslav Pokorádi   +8 more
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Impact of the conflict interactions and social learning on the hierarchy structure in captive males of Moschus chrysogaster (Moschidae)

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука
Moschus chrysogaster (hereafter – musk deer) is an endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and surrounding areas in China. Due to historical overutilisation and habitat degradation and loss, the musk deer is endangered and faces serious threats to its ...
Xiaolong Wang, Jiayi Wu, Xiaoping Lu, Vasili Shakun, Irena Solovej, Xiuxiang Meng   +5 more
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Seasonal variation in the behavior of captive alpine musk deer, Moschus sifanicus, in Xinglongshan Musk Deer Farm, of China

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2010
Musk deer farming has the potential to be an effective conservation tool for the protection of musk deer as well as the production of valuable musk. To be successful, this requires a thorough understanding of the behavior of captive musk deer in order to
Luan Xiaofeng, Zhao Changjie, Hui Cenyi, Meng Xiuxiang   +3 more
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Large-scale model-based assessment of deer-vehicle collision risk. [PDF]

, 2012
Ungulates, in particular the Central European roe deer Capreolus capreolus and the North American white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus, are economically and ecologically important.
Brandl, Roland, Müller, Jörg, Torsten Hothorn, Jörg Müller, Jörg Müller (111948), Brandl Roland, Hothorn Torsten, Hothorn, Torsten, Roland Brandl, Müller Jörg, Roland Brandl (127272), Torsten Hothorn (6334)   +11 more
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Natural History of Plasmodium odocoilei Malaria Infection in Farmed White-Tailed Deer

mSphere, 2018
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), an ecologically and economically important species, are the most widely distributed large animals in North America.
Ann M. Guggisberg, Katherine A. Sayler, Samantha M. Wisely, Audrey R. Odom John   +3 more
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Mycobacterium kansasii Infection in a Farmed White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida, USA

Animals
A 7-year-old farmed white-tailed deer doe was transported to a Levy County, Florida property and began to decline in health, exhibiting weight loss and pelvic limb weakness. The doe prematurely delivered live twin fawns, both of which later died. The doe
Sydney L. Cottingham, An-Chi Cheng, Pedro H. de Oliveira Viadanna, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, William F. Craft, Marley E. Iredale, Samantha M. Wisely, Juan M. Campos Krauer   +7 more
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Sheep as Host Species for Zoonotic Babesia venatorum, United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Babesia venatorum is an increasingly prominent zoonotic parasite that predominantly infects wild deer. Our molecular examination of Babesia infecting mammals in the United Kingdom identified 18S sequences in domestic sheep isolates identical to zoonotic ...
Alexander Gray, Paul Capewell, Colin Loney, Frank Katzer, Brian R. Shiels, William Weir   +5 more
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Pressure Algometry Validation and Determination of Efficacy of Articaine Hydrochloride Ring Block in Antler Removal in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)

Animals, 2020
New Zealand deer farming centres on the production of meat and velvet antler. Velvet antler removal is a painful procedure and currently, New Zealand Animal Welfare regulations dictate surgical removal of velvet antlers under lignocaine anaesthesia.
Farzin Sahebjam, Kavitha Kongara, John Paul Chambers, Ruth Ellen Walker, Rafea Naffa, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, Preet Mohinder Singh   +6 more
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Integrated mRNA and miRNA Analysis Reveals Layer-Specific Mechanisms of Antler Yield Variation in Sika Deer

Animals
Antlers exhibit exceptionally rapid growth, representing a rare biological phenomenon among mammals. In addition to their scientific significance, antlers are widely used in traditional medicine, and their yield directly impacts the economic efficiency ...
Derui Zhao, Zhen Zhang, Qianghui Wang, Heping Li   +3 more
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