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Join us for a discussion about the most common causes of death in farmed deer in the Midwest with Dr. Amanda Smith, an assistant clinical professor and diagnostic pathologist at the University of Missouri's Veterinary diagnostic lab https://vmdl.missouri.edu/

In this episode Dr. Smith gives an overview of the farmed deer industry in the US with an emphasis on the midwest and discussed her study of causes of mortality in farmed deer from 2004-2023.

This month's paper is titled "Causes of mortality in farmed white-tailed deer in the midwestern United States, 2004–2023" and can be found here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10406387241271416?casa_token=qKpG47_0zfgAAAAA%3A1qdAgjhmpwdxmLChLxcMMWKbVXYjtmiswVSwKrUfuUzXjgqc_RD2WbRRbWd2qMrtx9WP0o6AAA

Dr. Smith also mentions a study carried out by the University of Wisconsin titled "Cause-specific neonatal mortality of white-tailed deer in Wisconsin, USA" which can be accessed here: https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jwmg.21260?casa_token=XifWnG1gdFEAAAAA%3Ah0ZVnTj096vRRAFKwD8Va-xmOYoP9_BtsMfqzDIZaxGbWJyy4Xxskevgu2hHXhqRmhhAzQS7NZVW

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