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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 8(4), 1972, pp. 311-314
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ANTLER MALFORMATION PRODUCED BY LEG INJURY IN WHITE-TAILED DEER

R. G. MARBURGER 1, R. M. ROBINSON 2, K. A. CLARK 2, J. W. THOMAS 3, and M. J. ANDREGG 4

1 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Kerrville, Texas
2 Department of Veterinary Pathology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
3 Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. U.S. Forest Service, Morgantown, West Virginia
4 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Hunt, Texas

Field observations of 36 white-tailed bucks with malformed antlers suggested a cause-effect relationship between rear leg injury and antler malformation. Experimental procedures involving six bucks indicated that contralateral antler malformation can be produced by amputation of a rear leg.

Submitted on October 27, 1971






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