EAR AND TAIL LESIONS ON CAPTIVE WHITE-TAILED DEER FAWNS (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS): A CASE STUDY

During the 2008–2011 time period, undiagnosed lesions were observed in 21 of 150 white-tailed deer fawns (Odocoileus virginianus) that were part of a captive deer herd at Mississippi State University. Clinical findings in healthy and diseased fawns from 0 to 90 days of age included bite and scratch...

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Published in:Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine 2016-06, Vol.47 (2), p.636-639
Main Authors: Ferguson, Treena L, Demarais, Stephen, Cooley, Jim, Fleming, Sherrill, Michel, Eric S, Flinn, Emily
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Brief Communication
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Deer
Dermatitis - pathology
Dermatitis - veterinary
Ear
Ear - pathology
fawn
Female
Male
necrosis
Necrosis - pathology
Necrosis - veterinary
Odocoileus virginianus
tail
Tail - pathology
Thrombosis - pathology
Thrombosis - veterinary
Vasculitis - pathology
Vasculitis - veterinary
white-tailed deer
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Summary:During the 2008–2011 time period, undiagnosed lesions were observed in 21 of 150 white-tailed deer fawns (Odocoileus virginianus) that were part of a captive deer herd at Mississippi State University. Clinical findings in healthy and diseased fawns from 0 to 90 days of age included bite and scratch marks followed by moderate to severe ear and tail necrosis. Gross necropsy findings of necrotizing ulcerative dermatitis correlated with histopathologic findings that included focally severe multifocal vasculitis, vascular necrosis, and thrombosis. This article is a clinical description of these previously unreported lesions associated with tissue necrosis in young captive white-tailed deer.
ISSN:1042-7260
1937-2825
DOI:10.1638/2015-0140.1