Deer Veterinary Medicine is an essential reference for veterinary professionals preparing for deer encounters. Rooted in extensive field experience, the contributions from a range of authors provide details of common conditions across multiple deer species and the knowledge required by the veterinary professionals who deal with them. The book considers the different contexts where deer are encountered, including wild populations, and deer held in captivity (as farm, park and zoo collections).

The chapters topics range from handling and sedating deer through to nutrition and postmortem examination and pathology. They cover key body systems including the gut, nervous, ocular and respiratory systems, and the skin.

Deer Veterinary Medicine readers will also find:

Edited by the past president of the British Deer Veterinary Association (BDVA) this book is a fitting successor to Management and Diseases of Deer: A Handbook for Veterinary Surgeons, last published in 1994 by the Veterinary Deer Society (now the BDVA). Synthesizing key contributions by a range of experts from Europe and the US, the new Deer Veterinary Medicine is ideal for veterinarians, veterinary surgeons and veterinary students, as well as readers interested in the management of captive and wild deer.

List of Contributors ix

Foreword xiii

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xix

List of Tables xxi

List of Illustrations/Images xxiii

 

1 Introduction to Cervids 1

2 Managing, Handling and Moving Deer 45

3 Analgesia, euthanasia, restraint and sedation in deer 51

4 Surgical Interventions and Imaging Methods in Deer 63

5 Deer in Deer Parks 69

6 An Overview of Red Deer Farming in the United Kingdom 81

7 Wild Deer in the UK (Health and Welfare, Deer-Vehicle Collisions and Disease Surveillance) 89

8 Venison in the United Kingdom 105

9 Rehabilitation of Deer 115

10 Antlers 123

11 Reproduction in Deer 137

12 Nutrition of Deer 151

13 Notifiable Diseases in Deer – Chronic Wasting Disease 177

14 Notifiable Diseases in Deer – Mycobacterium bovis Infection 183

15 Serological Methods and Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Deer 197

16 Notifiable Diseases in Deer 205

17 Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Deer 211

18 Gastrointestinal Diseases in Deer – Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis and Johne’s Disease 219

19 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Parasite Diseases in Deer 235

20 Gastrointestinal Diseases in Deer 245

21 Zoonotic Agents and Deer (Cryptosporidiosis, Salmonellosis, Toxoplasmosis and SARS-CoV-2) 251

22 Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Deer 265

23 Neurological Diseases in Deer 273

24 Respiratory Parasite Diseases in Deer 283

25 Respiratory Diseases in Deer – Bacterial, Fungal and Viral 293

26 Skin Diseases in Deer 307

27 Deer Ophthalmology – A Practical Approach to Deer Ophthalmic Examination 321

28 Lameness and Hoof Problems in Deer 345

29 Vector-borne Infections in Deer – Threat to Deer Health and Role of Deer in Transmission of Diseases of Veterinary and Medical Importance 359

30 Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) 371

31 Reindeer 385

32 An Overview of Diseases of Farmed White-tailed Deer 395

33 Anatomical Pathology and Deer – A Guide to Postmortem Examination and Pathology 423

34 Cervine Formulary 435

 

Index 459