Mortality in captive cervids. Short communication

The analysis of 300 recorded cases of death in 8 species of Cervidae. Most of the deaths were attributed to systemic ailments (49.67%), followed by environmental (17.00%), specific (15.33%), undetermined (14.33%) and miscellaneous (3.67%) entities. Of the various conditions pneumonia, debility and e...

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Published inIndian journal of animal sciences Vol. 57
Main Authors Arora B.M, Goyal J.P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1987
Subjects
alojamiento de animales
animal housing
cerf
cervidae
cervide
deer
logement des animaux
mortalidad
mortalite
mortality
venado
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Summary:The analysis of 300 recorded cases of death in 8 species of Cervidae. Most of the deaths were attributed to systemic ailments (49.67%), followed by environmental (17.00%), specific (15.33%), undetermined (14.33%) and miscellaneous (3.67%) entities. Of the various conditions pneumonia, debility and enteritis were the predominant causes of deaths. Only 3 cases of rabies were circumstantially suspected or diagnosed. There were only 4 cases of snake-bite, recorded only in spotted deer.
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ISSN:0367-8318