EFFECTS OF CAPTURE-RELATED INJURY ON POSTCAPTURE MOVEMENT OF WHITE-TAILED DEER

• Published in: Journal of wildlife diseases Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 250 - 258
• Main Authors: Dechen Quinn, Amy C., Williams, David M., Porter, William F., Fitzgerald, Scott D., Hynes, Kevin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Business Office, 810 East 10th St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044-8897, USA Wildife Disease Association 01.04.2014
• Subjects: Animal Identification Systems; Animals; Capture myopathy; data censoring; Deer - injuries; Female; Immobilization - methods; Immobilization - veterinary; Male; Mortality; Motor Activity; movement rate; Odocoileus virginianus; PATHOLOGY; Restraint, Physical - adverse effects; white-tailed deer; Wounds and Injuries - mortality; Wounds and Injuries - pathology; Wounds and Injuries - veterinary

Capture-related injuries or deaths of wildlife study subjects pose concerns to researchers, from considerations for animal welfare to inflated project costs and biased data. Capture myopathy (CM) is an injury that can affect an animal's survival ≤30 days postrelease, but is often difficult to d...