Causes of Mortality and Diseases in Farmed Deer in Switzerland

Overview

Journal Vet Med Int

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2010 Aug 14

PMID 20706668

Citations 8

Authors

Veronika Sieber

Nadia Robert

Martina Schybli

Heinz Sager

Raymond Miserez

Monika Engels

Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis

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Abstract

To investigate diseases and causes of mortality in Swiss farmed deer, deer found dead or shot due to diseased condition between March 2003 and December 2004 were requested for a complete postmortem examination. One hundred and sixty-two animals were submitted. Perinatal mortality, necrobacillosis in 3 week to 6 month old deer, and endoparasitosis in 6 month to 2 year old deer were identified as the most important causes of loss, followed by ruminal acidosis, which was diagnosed in 22% of deer older than 1 year. Congenital malformations were observed in 15% of deer less than 6 months old. Reportable infectious diseases known as major problems in deer farming in other countries were rare (yersiniosis, malignant catarrhal fever) or not observed (tuberculosis, chronic wasting disease). Overall, the results indicate that the Swiss deer population does not present major health problems of concern for domestic animals.

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