The deer and elk populations of Missouri face a looming threat from chronic wasting disease. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), 33 deer in Missouri have tested positive for this exceptionally destructive disease.. Chronic wasting disease affects the nervous system of deer and elk causing classifiable brain lesions. The disease has perplexed scientists and researchers for decades. Its origins are mysterious and the reasons why it is spreading remain unclear. According to the CWD Alliance, the disease has been found in 23 states so far. The biggest concern wildlife officials are facing is how to contain it and stop the spread.. In Missouri, the disease has been found in five counties. Arkansas, however, has seen numbers nearly doubling the deer affected in Missouri. Could Missouri also see the spread of the disease hit the same levels as our southern neighbors?. Based on what we know about how chronic wasting disease spreads, the disease has been in Arkansas for a long ...

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the states white-tailed deer population once again has shown no evidence of chronic wasting disease, based on data gathered during the 2014 hunting season.

By WBIR. An outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease has killed hundreds of deer across East Tennessee. State wildlife leaders say the outbreak is the worst in a decade, but cold weather should end the outbreak.. A virus transmitted by tiny flies is killing hundreds of deer across East Tennessee.. With archery season for deer underway and firearm season just weeks away, some sportsmen are concerned that the outbreak of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease has damaged white-tailed deer population to the point it will take years to restore in some areas. The disease is spread by biting midges and other tiny biting insects.. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency information and education officer Mime Barnes says the disease is common, but the number of deer the virus has killed this year is the greatest since 2007.. The disease has always been around and it kind up pops up here and there and theres no predictor of when its going to be an outbreak or how big the outbreak will be, Barnes said.. Barnes ...

WASHINGTON - Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) this week introduced the Chronic Wasting Disease Research Act, bipartisan legislation to establish a chronic wasting disease research grant program. Chronic wasting disease, which poses a serious threat to deer populations, is a fatal and contagious neurological disorder that has been documented in both captive and live herds in 26 states across the country.. North Dakota has a rich outdoor heritage with many sportsmen participating in the annual deer hunt. Chronic Wasting Disease threatens deer populations in North Dakota and across the nation, however very little is known about this fatal disease, said Senator Hoeven. This legislation provides grants to help bolster research into prevention and management efforts to stop this very contagious disease from impacting not only our sportsmen by protecting deer in the wild, but also our deer farmers. In Wisconsin, we have a proud, longstanding tradition of hunting and ...

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We evaluated impact of the needle length, sex, and body condition on chemical immobilization induction time in 50 (29 males and 21 females) free-ranging fallow deer (Dama dama) in Sweden, 2006-11. Induction time is probably the single most important factor when immobilizing free-ranging wildlife with the use of a remote drug-delivery system. Induction times should be short to minimize stress and risk of injury, and to ensure that immobilized animals can be found and clinically monitored as soon as possible. We measured the distance between the darting location and where we recovered the immobilized animal and also the time occurring between the two events. We used two types of needles: 2.0 × 30- or 2.0 × 40-mm barbed needles with side ports. The most important result is that a 10-mm-longer dart needle can reduce the retrieval time substantially (,20 min) until an animal is under monitoring. On average after the darting, the retrieval time decreased from 51 to 29 min and the distance decreased ...

FORT COLLINS - A Colorado State University research team has been awarded a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study transmission of chronic wasting disease.. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, affects members of the deer family and is similar to diseases like scrapie in sheep and mad cow disease - or bovine spongiform encephalopathy - in cattle. CWD is caused by misfolded proteins that resist breakdown by enzymes within cells. These proteins cause fatal, neurological damage.. The disease was first discovered in deer in northeastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming by Colorado State scientists in the 1960s.. Understanding and managing CWD depends on developing predictive models that track how the disease spreads. CWD remains an important challenge for managing wildlife resources in Colorado.. An important goal for disease ecologists is to predict how diseases change in populations. This study will enhance our ability to predict the dynamics of CWD but also will improve models of ...

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As of February 2020, wildlife officials detected chronic wasting disease (CWD) in 33 of 54 deer herds, 14 of 43 elk herds, and two of nine moose herds. The percentage of sampled animals infected (or prevalence) appears to be rising in many affected Colorado herds.. Colorado implemented a 15-year CWD Response Plan that uses rotating mandatory tests on hunter-harvested deer to give a complete picture of Colorados CWD prevalence every five years.. In 2019, CPW required mandatory testing for rifle season deer hunters in 79 Game Management Units, mostly located in eastern Colorado. The expanded testing gave wildlife managers the clearest picture yet of CWD prevalence in Colorado.. Testing in 2019. ...

PIERRE - Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) test samples for elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer continue to arrive to the state Dept. of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) from the South Dakota State University Laboratory, and GFP officials say another elk harvested in South Dakota has tested positive.. As of Nov. 26, we have sampled 1,742 game animals from certain deer and elk management units in South Dakota for CWD, said Wildlife Biologist Steve Griffin of Rapid City. The second elk detected with CWD was harvested in unit 407. It was a yearling cow taken about five-miles east of Custer Peak Lookout, or approximately eight-miles northwest of the town of Nemo.. Breakdown of the current 1,742 sampling received as of Nov. 26 include: ...

The purpose of the surveillance program has changed over the years. It was initiated to provide evidence of disease freedom for the entire provincial farmed cervid population in order to gain access to external markets for Alberta farmed cervids and cervid products. Since the mandatory program began, the CWD disease situation in Alberta has changed. The primary factor causing the change was the diagnosis of CWD in free ranging mule and white-tailed deer in 2005 in Alberta along the Saskatchewan border. Since that time, there have been 94 cases of CWD identified in free ranging deer in Alberta suggesting that CWD has become established in the free ranging deer population. The goal of demonstrating provincial freedom from CWD is no longer justified. CWD surveillance in Alberta is now primarily used by individual producers and marketers to provide confidence that the herds of origin are unlikely to be infected with CWD. The program required review and modification to update it from the original ...

A hunter harvested the bull moose in late October near Pulpit Mountain west of Quartz Creek and north of Troy. The harvest occurred less than half a mile to the west of the existing Libby CWD Management Zone.. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks collected the voluntary sample from the moose and submitted it for testing to the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. The lab identified it to be suspected of CWD infection and confirmed the positive detection with a second test.. CWD was first detected in white-tailed deer in the Libby area earlier this year, leading to the creation of the Libby CWD Management Zone. To date, there have been 30 positive detections in deer. Five of those involved deer harvested by hunters during archery and general hunting season. The detections of infected deer have all occurred within the Libby CWD Management Zone, and all but one has been centralized near the city center.. FWP will continue to conduct CWD surveillance through ...

Tue Jul 27 00:00:00 MDT 2004. Lucky hunters who applied for Montanas special deer and elk permits should check their mail early next week for the coveted permits. The 2004 deer and elk drawings will be conducted about two weeks earlier than usual this year to allow hunters to better plan for their fall hunts.. Antelope hunters will receive their licenses earlier than usual, too, but will have to wait a couple of weeks to check their mailboxes. FWP biologists are wrapping up the states 2004 antelope surveys, so the quotas for antelope permits wont be finalized until the Aug. 5, 2004 meeting of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission.. Hunters should know whether theyll be rifle hunting for prairie goats by the second week of August, said Hank Worsech, chief of FWPs licensing bureau.. This year, mule deer and white-tailed deer hunters will find more opportunities to hunt throughout much of Montana with a boost of about 5,000 more permits to hunt deer in the northwestern, ...

In 2005 and 2006, three adult female chamois (Rupicapra r. rupicapra) were found dead with signs of acute babesial infection in the eastern Swiss Alps. PCR on DNA extracted from blood or spleen of the carcasses revealed sequence identity of the amplified part of the 18S rRNA gene with GenBank entries attributed to Babesia divergens of cattle origin or B. capreoli of wild ruminant origin which have never been described before in this region. Examination of 424 blood samples from 314 head of cattle from this area by IFAT, microscopy and PCR provided no evidence for babesial infection. Six of 887 ticks collected from cattle were PCR-positive, and sequencing revealed Babesia sp. genotype EU1 in five and B. divergens/B. capreoli in one of them. A Babesia isolate of chamois, two isolates of roe deer from the same region and one isolate of a roe deer from the north-western Swiss Alps were genetically compared with two Swiss B. divergens isolates of cattle origin by analysing the genomic rDNA locus. ...

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Lyndsay Cole (970) 494-7410. Rule Seeks to Support U.S. Farmed Cervid Industry, Respond to Concerns Raised by State Animal Health and Wildlife Agencies. WASHINGTON, June 8, 2012--The U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced an interim final rule to establish a national chronic wasting disease (CWD) herd certification program (HCP) and minimum requirements for interstate movement of deer, elk and moose, or cervids, in the United States. Participation in the program will be voluntary. The interim final rule amends the Agencys 2006 final rule which was never put into effect. CWD is a fatal neurological disease of deer, elk and moose and is in the family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. There is no evidence that CWD can be transmitted to humans.. It is important that we have a nationwide CWD herd certification program for farmed or captive cervids, said USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford. ...

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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is an infectious, degenerative disease of animals in the family cervidae (elk, deer, and moose, etc.) that causes brain cells to die, ultimately leading to the death of the affected animal. First recognized in Colorado in 1967, CWD was described as a clinical wasting syndrome of unknown cause. It later became clear that CWD was a member of a group of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or TSEs. TSEs include a number of different diseases that affect animals or humans, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow) in cattle, scrapie in sheep and goats, and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD), variant CJD, Kuru, fatal familial insomnia, and Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome in humans. Unlike other infectious diseases, TSEs are not caused by bacteria or viruses, but rather by a naturally occurring protein, that when folded incorrectly, becomes both infectious and deadly. The prion protein in its normal state is thought to ...

HARRISBURG -- A deer that originated from a Lancaster County breeding farm now under quarantine tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease after being harvested in a Wisconsin hunting preserve, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Deer from Western Pennsylvania Farm Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Additional Deer Farms Released from Chronic Wasting Disease Quarantines.

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - June 15, 2001 U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONAL/EXPERIMENTAL GENERAL SWAN HUNTING SEASONS IN THE PACIFIC FLYWAY I. PURPOSE AND NEED FOR ACTION A. BACKGROUND Flyway Management Approach In developing management actions for migratory game birds, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has publicly supported the goals, objectives, and management strategies identified in the various Flyway management plans for both Tundra (C. columbianus) and Trumpeter (C. buccinator) swans (Hartwig 1989, Gritman 1991, Schmidt 2000). It has encouraged cooperative, multi-State-sponsored, Flyway Council-endorsed projects for restoring migratory flocks of Trumpeter swans within their historic range and has supported Flyway Council-endorsed hunting seasons on Tundra swans within prescribed guidelines that meet overall objectives for all swan populations. The Service has previously recognized that there ...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) - The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in three more counties in the state.. The commission said Tuesday that four deer taken by hunters in Benton, Sebastian and Washington counties tested positive for the disease that is deadly for animals such as deer, elk and moose.. Researchers have found no evidence the disease poses a serious risk to humans.. The disease has now been found in 10 counties in Arkansas since February 2016, with previous cases in north-central Arkansas. The new cases are in northwestern and west-central Arkansas.. The game and fish commission has asked hunters in various areas of the state to provide samples from their deer for testing.. ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological (brain and nervous system) disease found in deer, elk, caribou, and moose (cervids) populations in certain geographical locations in North America. CWD is caused by a mutant protein, called a prion.. The disease belongs to a family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) or prion diseases. The disease attacks the brains of the infected animal and produces small lesions that result in death. While CWD is similar to mad cow disease in cattle and scrapie in sheep, there is no known relationship between CWD and any other TSE of animals or people.. ...

Wild ungulate populations are increasing in Europe and Italy, with a consequent increase in culling rates and availability of their meats. Objectives of this review were to evaluate the trends of availability of meat from wild ungulates in Italy, to review the present knowledge on nutritional properties, sensorial characteristics, and hygiene problems of wild ungulate meat and to examine the critical steps that influence their hygiene and quality. Wild ungulate meat in Italy derives mainly from wild boar, roe deer and red deer and its availability has been increasing in the last decade. Total consumption of wild ungulate meat is low (0.1-0.3 kg per capita/year), but in some regions rises to significant levels, especially for hunters families (1.0-4.0 kg per capita/year). Wild ungulate meats generally have a low fat content, although with a certain variability associated with gender, hunting season, age and physiological conditions, and a favourable fatty acid composition. In general, they are ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Reliable Discrimination of 10 Ungulate Species Using High Resolution Melting Analysis of Faecal DNA. AU - Ramón-Laca, Ana. AU - GLEESON, Dianne. AU - Yockney, Ivor. AU - Perry, Mike. AU - Nugent, Graham. AU - Forsyth, David M.. PY - 2014. Y1 - 2014. N2 - Identifying species occupying an area is essential for many ecological and conservation studies. Faecal DNA is a potentially powerful method for identifying cryptic mammalian species. In New Zealand, 10 species of ungulate (Order: Artiodactyla) have established wild populations and are managed as pests because of their impacts on native ecosystems. However, identifying the ungulate species present within a management area based on pellet morphology is unreliable. We present a method that enables reliable identification of 10 ungulate species (red deer, sika deer, rusa deer, fallow deer, sambar deer, white-tailed deer, Himalayan tahr, Alpine chamois, feral sheep, and feral goat) from swabs of faecal pellets. A high resolution ...

We aim to investigate the role of native and exotic wildlife species to the spread of cattle fever ticks (Rhipicephalus microplus and R. annulatus). White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and Nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) have been implicated in the movement of cattle fever ticks Rhipicephalus spp. in South Texas, but less is known regarding the role of other exotic species. A diverse array of exotic species including axis (Cervus axis), fallow (Cervus dama), and red deer (Cervus elaphus), blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), scimitar-horned oryx (Orxy dammah) and gemsbok oryk (Oryx gazella) inhabit the northern reaches of the permanent quarantine area, which includes the north western South Texas Plains and south eastern Edwards Plateau. This research will aim to improve our understanding of the potential role of these species.. ...

Shed hunting requires patience, good eyes and some knowledge of where deer normally forage. Perhaps there is even an element of danger as you can see from this shed hunting video by 4EverHunting. The hunter (below) is looking for fresh sheds, preferably sets - the bigger the better. He also comes across rubs - trees which have been damaged by the deer rubbing foreheads and antlers against them. They do this to remove the velvet from newly grown antlers or leave a scent from their sweat glands during rutting season ...

Kansas 03/10/13 Kansas.com: by Michael Pearce - Four Kansas deer recently tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), according to Shane Hesting, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism disease biologist. The department has been testing for the disease thats always fatal in deer, but has never been found in livestock or humans, for about…

A case of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, was found in a deer outside Meeteetse. The white-tailed buck was legally harvested by a hunter southwest of the

Nashville, TN - The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) cautions motorists to watch out for deer on or near the roadways. An increase in deer related crashes is more likely during November-December due to deer mating and hunting season.. Deer related crashes can be a very serious and dangerous incident, THP Colonel Tracy Trott said. Deer pose a danger to motorists throughout the year, especially in the fall. Stats show November is typically the worst month for deer-related crashes. It is important for motorists to exercise caution, slow down and remain alert in areas where deer are present.. ...

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MSU and Michigan Department of Natural Resources scientists are testing a faster, more accurate way to screen and diagnosis chronic wasting disease, or CWD, in deer. The three-year, $900,000 project, funded by both institutions, will use RT-QuIC, a technology known to have better detection and sensitivity in real time.

This Organisations & Websites Directory has been developed by the Wildlife Information Network (WIN) to give the Wildpro user a guide to the statutory organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), charities and other organisations which may prove useful contacts pertaining to the management of Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk. The information within the directory has been taken directly from the organisations own Websites or has been kindly provided by the organisation. Each entry contains information on the organisation s aims and work to enable the Wildpro user to make an informed decision as to the appropriate contact with their query. Contact details include, where available, direct links to the Websites of the individual organisations.. WIN has taken every effort to ensure that the information is correct at the time of publication but cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. Inclusion in this directory does not imply that WIN takes any responsibility for, or endorses the ...

A moose in northwest Montana tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), marking the first time the disease has been detected in the species in Montana

Michigan Department of Natural Resources. USA -(Ammoland.com)- Earlier this week, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced the finding of bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a sample taken from a 2-year-old steer from Newaygo County.. The animal was identified as possibly diseased and removed from the human food chain by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service.. In accordance with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and MDARD joint bovine TB response plan, the DNR is responsible for testing a minimum of 30 free-ranging deer within a 3-mile radius of the affected facility.. Annually, the DNR tests thousands of white-tailed deer for bovine TB statewide. Due to this new steer finding, hunters within the 3-mile radius of this facility will be asked to voluntarily submit their deer heads for TB testing. This increased surveillance effort is planned to ensure the disease has not spilled over into the deer population.. Within the northeastern ...

PrPSc detection by sPMCA is increasingly used as a surrogate for infectivity measurements by bioassay in sheep or mice. In this reported study, however, the levels of PrPSc present in the environment were below the limit of detection of the sPMCA method, yet were still sufficient to cause infection of in-contact animals. In the present study, the outdoor objects were removed from the infected flock 8 weeks prior to sampling and were positive by sPMCA at very low levels (2 out of 37 reactions). As this sPMCA assay also yielded 2 positive reactions out of 139 in samples from the scrapie-free farm, the sPMCA assay could not detect PrPSc on any of the objects above the background of the assay. False positive reactions with sPMCA at a low frequency associated with de novo formation of infectious prions have been reported (27, 28). This is in contrast to our previous study where we demonstrated that outdoor objects that had been in contact with the scrapie-infected flock up to 20 days prior to ...

Cutaneous fibromas, more commonly called deer warts by hunters, are occasionally observed on harvested deer. The fibromas are pealing, especially when they appear in large numbers. Grotesque is a common description of these harmless skin blemishes. The fibromas are found in deer herds from a majority of states in the nation. As a result, they are considered to exist in the entirety of the white-tailed deer range.. According to Diseases and Parasites of the White-tailed Deer, published by the Tall Timbers Research Station, R. F. Shope was the first wildlife investigator to actually find the specific virus. Shope was also the first researcher who experimentally infected deer with the viral agent. He found that the fibromas normally appeared at about 7 weeks after inoculation and that they began to regress after 2 months in most deer. Because of his work with infectious cutaneous fibromas, a commonly accepted name for the growths is Shopes fibroma.. Fibromas are caused by a virus which is ...

Interpretive Summary: Deer adenovirus produces lesions in blood vessels that can be extremely lethal for mule deer. To characterize the virus, part of the virus genetic material was examined. Analysis of the DNA revealed similarities to several other adenoviruses. The highest similarity was found with the members of the proposed Atadenovirus genus: ovine adenovirus isolate 287, bovine adenovirus 4, and duck adenovirus 1. These data suggest that OdAdV-1 is a member of the Atadenovirus genus. Technical Abstract: The Odocoileus hemionus deer adenovirus (OdAdV-1) causes systemic and local vasculitis and proves extremely lethal for mule deer. To characterize the virus, part of the genome flanking the fiber gene was cloned and sequenced. The sequence revealed two open-reading frames that mapped to pVIII hexon-associated protein precursor and fiber protein of several other adenoviruses. The highest amino acid homology for pVIII and fiber was found with the members of the proposed Atadenovirus genus: ...

This is a sculpture of an animal called a mouse deer, or chevrotain. Among the 12 mouse-deer living in Europeâ s zoos there is only one confirmed male, named Johnny English, in Wroclaw. P. maniculatus is the primary host of hantavirus and one of the hosts of plague, and it is also one of several mammalian hosts that can transmit Lyme disease in the United States. Jul 13, 2016 - This Pin was discovered by Pat Reeve - Brown. At birth, the deer mouse has a mass of about 1.5 g. The young are born hair-less with wrin-kled, pink skin, closed eyes, and folded over ear pin-nae. As omnivores, the deer mice consume a wide variety of food, including plants such as seeds, fruits, flowers and nuts as well as invertebrates such as insects. Found from Canada to subtropical Mexico, it lives in a spectacular range of habitats between the Canadian tundra and the Sonoran Desert; it also lives in temperate and boreal forests, grasslands, and scrub formations. video of deer mouse. It teaches you to be kind and ...

This section contains the National Standards for the Chronic Wasting Disease Herd Certification Programs (CWD HCP) and provides information on the duties of the accredited veterinarian in the delivery of the CWD HCPs.

Information about hunting in Tennessee while addressing Chronic Wasting Disease. Testing Locations, results, and maps regarding CWD from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

Laramie, Wyo. - A Wyoming Game and Fish Department study shows that chronic wasting disease in elk might not cause significant damage to the herd.

Effect of the glycerol concentration in extender on the quality of frozen-thawed semen of Formosan sambar deer Hsin-Hung Lin, Chih-Hua Wang, Shann-Ren Kang, Wen-Lin Song, Chin-Hui Tseng, Mu-Jung Cheng, Shyh-Shyan Liu, and Perng-Chih Shen. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the glycerol concentration in extender on the quality of frozen Formosan Sambar deer semen after thawing. Only the semen with sperm motility score (SMS) ≧4 was used. Fresh semen collected by electro-ejaculation was frozen with three different concentrations of glycerol (3%, 6%, 12%) in TES-yolk extender. Results showed that the sperm viability of the semen frozen in the extender containing 12% glycerol (45.9%) was significantly lower than that of the semen frozen in the extender containing 6% glycerol (63.1%). The sperm acrosomal integrity of the semen frozen in the extender containing 12% glycerol (48.1%) were significantly lower than those in 3% (63.3%) and 6% (68.7%) glycerol groups. However, the sperm ...

FederalGrants.com opportunity listing for the Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance in Oklahoma federal grant. Includes information on eligibility, deadlines, requirements, and guidelines.

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First, the disclaimer - a hungry deer will eat most anything! With that said, Buxus is generally not bothered by deer, but a hungry deer may well munch on it. Buxus Green Velvet is my favorite. It grows thick and dense, with a rich green color. It has a rounded shape if unsheared and grows 3-4 tall and wide, making it perfect for a low hedge. Other perennials for you to consider include Yarrow, Aquilegia formosa (western columbine), Asarum (wild ginger), Heuchera (coral bells), Lilium humboldtii (Humbolt lily), Mimulus (monkey flower), Romney coulteri (Matillija poppy), and Hosta. Deer wont bother heather, heavenly bamboo or Vinca - at least the deer population in my garden dont touch them. Best wishes with your landscape ...

Deer tick virus is a virus causing tick-borne encephalitis. Deer tick virus is a flavivirus closely resembling Powassan virus (to which it has 94% amino acid sequence identity). Because they are so related, deer tick virus is thought to be a genotype of Powassan virus, and also called Powassan virus lineage II. In 1997, it was isolated from Ixodes scapularis (the deer tick, formerly Ixodes dammini) collected in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Tick-borne encephalitis virus Lyme disease (caused by a deer-tick bacterium) Tavakoli NP, Wang H, Dupuis M, Hull R, Ebel GD, Gilmore EJ, Faust PL (2009). Fatal case of deer tick virus encephalitis. N. Engl. J. Med. 360 (20): 2099-2107. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0806326. PMC 2847876 . PMID 19439744. Kuno G, Artsob H, Karabatsos N, Tsuchiya KR, Chang GJ (November 2001). Genomic sequencing of deer tick virus and phylogeny of powassan-related viruses of North America. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 65 (5): 671-6. PMID 11716135. Beasley DW, Suderman MT, Holbrook MR, Barrett ...

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The Bukhara deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus) is a species found in arid woodlands and plains and occasionally on mountainsides and moorlands of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. It is a relatively small deer; males have five-pronged velvet-coated antlers, whereas females do not have any.

Dogs (and cats) of any age or breed are susceptible to heartworm infection. Heartworm disease is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito infected with a parasite (Dirofilaria immtis.) If untreated, heartworms can cause serious heart and lung disease that can lead to death. Improvements in client education have increased client awareness of heartworm and its risks, yet infection rates have remained steady. Clearly, more needs to be done to ensure client compliance for heartworm testing.. Ticks have been around since the time mammals appeared on the earth. However, in the past ten years, the tick population has exploded to significant levels. With this comes increased the risk of contact with the literally thousands of tick species in existence today. Our exposure to ticks is greater than ever before not just because there are more of them, but also due to other environmental and cultural factors, including a rise in the deer population (white-tailed deer in particular); warmer winters; ...

Like other members of the family Felidae, Eurasian lynx are strict carnivores, consuming only meat. Other Lynx species are specialized rabbit and hare hunters. Eurasian lynx prey primarily on ungulates. Small ungulates such as roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), musk deer (g. Moschus species) and chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) comprise most of their diet, but they have been known to prey on ungulates as large as elk and caribou in winter due to the preys vulnerability in deep snow. Eurasian lynx also supplement their diet with red foxes, rabbits and hares, rodents and birds. They kill prey up to 3 to 4 times their size and consume 1 to 2 kg of meat per day. Eurasian lynx stalk their prey from the cover of thick vegetation, using stealth to get close without being seen. They then pounce on prey, delivering a fatal bite to the neck or biting down on the snout until the animal suffocates. The kill is then taken to thick cover or fallen logs to be eaten in privacy. Prey that is not eaten right away is ...

The objective of this project was to develop an efficient immuno-slotblotting technique that could be used as a quantitative assay in measuring the effects of Protein Disulfide Isomerase (PDI) on prion protein misfolding in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Chronic Wasting Disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that is horizontally transmitted amongst families of cervids, which includes elk, deer, and moose. The infectious agent in CWD is a misfolded prion protein that comes into contact with other prion proteins, causing them to misfold. Previous observations have suggested that disulfide bond rearrangement may be an important step in the misfolding process. In order to measure rates of prion misfolding, a method must be developed to detect the prion protein in a quantitative way. Previous attempts to quantify the amount of prion protein using an immuno-slotblot technique have encountered problems. The technique developed here uses limiting dilution, immuno-slotblot analysis through the use

Epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an arthropod-transmitted viral disease of certain wild ungulates, notably North American white-tailed deer and, more rarely, cattle. The disease in white-tailed deer results from vascular injury analogous to that caused by bluetongue virus (BTV), to which EHD virus (EHDV) is closely related. There are seven serotypes of EHDV recognised, and Ibaraki virus, which is the cause of sporadic disease outbreaks in cattle in Asia, is included in EHDV serotype 2. The global distribution and epidemiology of BTV and EHDV infections are also similar, as both viruses occur throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world where they are transmitted by biting Culicoides midges and infect a wide variety of domestic and wild ungulates. However, the global distribution and epidemiology of EHDV infection are less well characterised than they are for BTV. Whereas most natural and experimental EHDV infections (other than Ibaraki virus infection) of livestock are ...

Abstract Mongolias Bronze Age deer stones are one of the most striking expressions of early monumental art in Central Asia, yet their age, origins, relationships, and meaning remain obscure. Speculation about Scythian connections has stimulated recent research in Mongolia that has begun to peel away their mysteries and reveals connections to Scytho-Siberian and northern art. Radiocarbon-dated horse skulls indicate pre-Scythian ages of classic Mongolian deer stones as well as firm association with the Late Bronze Age khirigsuur [kurgan] burial mound complex. ...

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Montana, Utah and Wyoming have confirmed cases of CWD in animals close to the Idaho border. There is no cure for this fatal disease and CWD could impact Idahos elk, deer and moose populations.The threat of CWD is a serious concern and Fish and Game is taking all practical steps to minimize the risk. CWD Status in Idaho: Not detected The information detailed below connects you

Research performed at the NWHC has been instrumental in developing surveillance strategies for early detection of CWD in Montana (Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department) and Shenandoah National Park (National Park Service), identifying potential disease risks posed by CWD to noncervid species such as bighorn sheep, and identifying environmental factors, like soil and plants, that may facilitate CWD transmission on the landscape.. The benefits of USGS research on CWD extend beyond wildlife management. For example, USGS scientists identified a novel enzyme from lichens with the ability to break down infectious prion protein that is being studied for its use in decontaminating human hospital environments in collaboration with an industry partner. Efforts will continue to focus on improving diagnostic testing platforms in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, providing surveillance and modeling technical assistance to a long-term CWD study carried out by the Wisconsin ...

A heterologous (zona-free hamster oocytes) in vitro fertilization (IVF) system was used to evaluate the relationship between sperm factors and penetration capacity of epididymal red deer spermatozoa. The sperm parameters evaluated in 36 sperm samples obtained postmortem from stags selectively shot during the rutting season were sperm motility, functional integrity of plasma membrane by means of the hypo-osmotic swelling test (HOST), and, simultaneously, viability and acrosomal status via a triple-stain technique. Zona-free hamster oocytes were used to evaluate the capacity of the different sperm assays to predict in vitro penetration. In order to increase the variability in sperm quality, we recovered samples from stags at different intervals between the death of the male and the collection of the genitalia. All measures of sperm quality declined progressively (P |.001) with increasing intervals between death and sample collection. In addition, many sperm parameters were related to penetration ability

Collision with turbines and disturbance leading to loss of or reduced habitat quality are the two main impacts from wind energy development on birds. In addition, wind farms can act as barriers to birds. The conflict between birds and wind farms are highly site-, season- and species-specific. Among the most vulnerable group of birds are the raptorial species. Large soaring birds have proven to be particularly vulnerable to collision with turbines. In this thesis I aimed to test if a 68-turbine wind farm on the island of Smøla, mid-Norway, was in conflict with a population of white-tailed eagles breeding at high density. The white-tailed eagle is a species with slow reproduction, long life span and high annual survival rates. These demographic characteristics make them particularly vulnerable to increased mortality. I found that the white-tailed eagle population was affected both by disturbance and collision mortality. Eagles did not significantly change their flight behavior when inside the ...

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The vertebrae are the small bones which the spinal column is comprised of. These individual functioning units are the basis of motion in the torso. They connect to and glide on each other by way of a spinal disc and 2 facet joints. Spinal muscles and ligaments attach to each vertebrae to permit movement. Located in the rear of each vertebrae is a hollowed out portion called the spinal canal which encases the spinal cord as it descends from the brain, much like beads on a string. At each vertebral level, spinal nerve roots peel away from the spinal cord. Small openings formed by adjacent vertebrae provide a pathway for these delicate nerve roots to exit to the rest of the body. These openings are referred to as the intervertebral foramen or IVF and are a common location for nerve irritation. When a vertebrae becomes misaligned or fixated in relation to neighboring vertebrae, chiropractors call it a vertebral subluxation. In addition to pain, reduced range of motion and muscle spasms, these ...

There are 3 main types of disc injuries. The first disc injury consists of annular fiber tears which do not extend to the outer aspects of the disc. Thus, the inner nuclear material is prevented from completely escaping the disc. The second type of disc injury, commonly referred to as a disc herniation, consists of annular tears which run from the innermost aspects of the annulus (where the nucleus is) to the outermost aspects of the annulus. In this type of injury, the pressurized nuclear material can squeeze through the tears in the annulus and escape to the outside of the disc. When this occurs, the nuclear material may come in contact with nearby spinal nerves and even the spinal cord. In the third type of disc injury, referred to as a disc bulge, the inner nucleus loses hydration; common in those with prolonged spinal stress and the elderly. This results in bulging of the disc much like a tire bulges when it contains inadequate amounts of air. Similar to the previous injury, the nearby ...

A viral disease is killing deer along the Platte River and possibly over a much wider area, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. There have been reports of dead deer in and near the river in eastern Nebraska.

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Partial migration is common among northern ungulates, typically involving an altitudinal movement for seasonally migratory individuals. The main driving force behind migration is the benefit of an extended period of access to newly emerged, high quality forage along the green up gradient with increasing altitude; termed the forage maturation hypothesis. Any other limiting factor spatially correlated with this gradient may provide extra benefits or costs to migration, without necessarily being the cause of it. A common ectoparasite on cervids in Europe is the sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus), but it has not been tested whether migration may lead to the spatial separation from these parasites and thus potentially provide an additional benefit to migration. Further, if there is questing of ticks in winter ranges in May before spring migration, deer migration may also play a role for the distribution of ticks. We quantified the abundance of questing sheep tick within winter and summer home ranges of migratory (n

  MISSOULA, Montana-President Obama this week will receive a letter initiated by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and 32 partner conservation organizations urging removal of federal protections for specific populations of gray wolves..  Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar also will receive a copy of the letter..  Together, the signees represent millions of Americas most active conservationists. Were hopeful that our impressive coalition will help influence President Obama to clear the way for individual states to manage their wolf populations, said David Allen, president and CEO of the Elk Foundation..  The Elk Foundation continues to voice its longstanding support for delisting wolves under the Endangered Species Act, enabling state-based management. In December, RMEF joined with 18 other groups urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. In July, a judge sided with activists who challenged federal data showing that wolf populations ...

200] Wolves typically resort to attacking livestock when wild prey is depleted. [87], The wolf is a social animal. It typically faces southwards where it can be better warmed by sunlight exposure, and the snow can thaw more quickly. Wolves may catch tularemia from lagomorph prey, though its effect on wolves is unknown. In areas where wolves inhabit pastoral areas, the parasites can be spread to livestock. An appropriated den is often widened and partly remade. These leave gaping skin perforations over 4 cm (1 1⁄2 in) in diameter. [38][39] Its molars have a flat chewing surface, but not to the same extent as the coyote, whose diet contains more vegetable matter. [138] The tick Dermacentor pictus also infests wolves. [59] In North America, important range-wide prey are elk, moose, caribou, white-tailed deer, mule deer, bison[58] and musk oxen. [3] Linnaeus considered the dog to be a separate species from the wolf because of its cauda recurvata-its upturning tail-which is not found in any other ...

So Colorado State University researcher Edward Hoover turned to fawns hand-raised indoors in Georgia, which has not experienced chronic wasting disease. ...

Identification record : Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) is a bird which belongs to the family of Odontophoridés and the order of Galliformes.

Gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains no longer have immunity to hunters in the region, as the Federal Endangered Species Act protection was removed on Friday.. The news has encouraged environmentalists to draw up plans to sue the federal government next month in hopes of extending the protection of approximately 1,500 gray wolves.. Last month, Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of the Interior said the gray wolf population was thriving and no longer required the protection of the Endangered Species Act.. The wolf population in the Northern Rockies has far exceeded its recovery goal and continues to expand its size and range. States, tribes, conservation groups, federal agencies and citizens of both regions can be proud of their roles in this remarkable conservation success story, said Scarlett.. As a result, hunters in Idaho will be allowed to kill 100-300 wolves this fall, according to a plan from the Idaho Fish and Game Commission caused by reports of livestock deaths in the region due ...

Objective: To study the effects of velvet antler polypeptides (VAPs) on osteoarthritic chondrocytes (OCs) in rabbits. Methods: An osteoarthritic rabbit model was established according to Hulth's method. OCs were isolated and cultured for observation of the cell cycle. Cell proliferation was detected by MTT assay and the cell cycle was monitored by flow cytometry. The phenotype was determined by toluidine blue staining as well as immunohistochemical staining for collagen type II. The expression of MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-13, TIMP-1, and collagen I and X mRNA by chondrocytes was assayed by RT-PCR. Results: The VAPs had no obvious proliferative effect on OCs and did not affect the cell cycle. However, they significantly reduced the proportion of early apoptotic cells in a dose-dependent manner. Further, VAPs inhibited the expression of collagen I and X mRNA and induced abnormal expression of MMP-1 and MMP-13 mRNA. VAPs had no significant effect on MMP-3 and TIMP-1 mRNA levels. The toluidine blue and ...

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Many of the health and bodybuilding supplements available from HGH.com are formulated to naturally increase HGH levels. These products include:. HGH Pills and HGH Spray - Available as HGH pills or an oral spray, Purity Selects 30,000 Nanogram products are designed to promote human growth hormone production, muscle growth, increased energy. They contain a powerful combination of L-group amino acids-including L-arginine, L-glutamine, L-glycine, L-lysine, L-ornithine, L-tyrosine and L-valine-and other natural ingredients, such as colostrum, cowhage (mucuna pruriens), deer antler velvet, GABA and long jack.. Growth Factor Plus - As its name implies, Growth Factor Plus is intended to promote height growth while also supporting bone and joint health. Its proprietary blend of ingredients features L-group amino acids such as L-arginine, L-glutamine, L-glycine, L-lysine, L-ornithine and L-tyrosine.. Somatropinne HGH - Purity Selects natural Somatropinne HGH capsules contain a proprietary blend of plant ...

Susceptible species. Of the domestic livestock species, cattle, water buffaloes, pigs, sheep, goats and deer are susceptible to FMD; the disease is generally most severe in cattle and pigs. Camelidae (camels, llamas and vicuñas) have a low susceptibility. Wild cloven-hoofed species are susceptible. Though rare, FMD in elephants, hedgehogs and some rodents has been documented. African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) commonly become infected with FMD virus of the SAT serotypes, although clinical disease is rarely if ever observed.. Some FMD virus strains have a pronounced predilection for one livestock species or another (e.g. pigs or cattle). Such was the case of the porcinophillic type O strain circulating in recent years in East Asia.. Human infections have been reported but are extremely rare and mild. However, people may harbour the virus in their respiratory tract for more than 24 hours without ever developing clinical disease.. Virus survival. In the environment. The FMD virus can retain ...

Red Deer RCMP have identified the two people whose photographs were shared on Friday regarding an investigation of offensive material mailed to a Red Deer man for the past three years.. No charges have been laid at this time; RCMP continue to investigate the details of the file and will issue an update if more information becomes available.. I would say a crime like this is fairly uncommon, said Const. Derek Turner with the Red Deer RCMP on Friday.. RCMP believe the suspects may have mailed similar material to other targets this year as well.. We believe more than one person was targeted because surveillance photos show more than one package of a similar shape, said Turner.. The victim, who reported the crime Dec. 11, told police he did not recognize either suspect and isnt aware why he has been targeted for the past three years.. The action of repeatedly mailing offensive material to someone is considered criminal harassment.. If you have information about this investigation, youre asked ...

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Burping sheep, cows, and deer are far from the only natural sources of this climate-warming gas. Wetlands are actually a large source of methane, as well as the oceans. In fact, scientists have recently discovered methane gas bubbling up from the Atlantic Ocean in places they hadnt expected to see it. So far 570 methane seeps have been found along the coast stretching from North Carolina to Massachusetts. While some of this methane could be venting from natural gas deposits underneath the Atlantic, many view that as unlikely -- the Atlantic doesnt have the huge salt layers found in the Gulf of Mexico, which hold much of its oil and gas. A more likely source of the natural gas is methane-belching microbes similar to those found in ruminating livestock. What scientists are finding curious is the fact that just a few short years ago no methane seeps were thought to exist off of the East Coast. Now scientists believe they have found the largest natural gas seep in the world. ...

Nyssa sylvatica grows to 20-25 metres (66-82 ft) tall, rarely to 35 metres (115 ft), with a trunk diameter of 50-100 centimetres (20-39 in), rarely up to 170 centimetres (67 in). These trees typically have a straight trunk with the branches extending outward at right angles.[1] The bark is dark gray and flaky when young, but it becomes furrowed with age, resembling alligator hide on very old stems. The twigs of this tree are reddish-brown, usually hidden by a greyish skin. The pith is chambered with greenish partitions.. The leaves of this species are variable in size and shape. They can be oval, elliptical, or obovate, and 5-12 cm (2-4.5 in) long. They have lustrous upper surfaces, with entire, often wavy margins. The foliage turns purple in autumn, eventually becoming an intense bright scarlet. Deer are extremely fond of the leaves on seedlings and saplings, to the point where large populations of them can make establishment of the tree almost impossible. For comparison, mature trees are ...

Two wild species battle sheep farmers and prions. SJALDAN liggjandi ulfr laer um getr, goes a passage in the Havamal, a medieval Norse poem: The sleeping wolf seldom gets a ham. The maxim, like the one about early birds and worms, is an exhortation against laziness, but it also conjures a vision of Norway as a land of untamed nature, where wolves chase boars through snow-bound forests. This may have been true in the 10th century, but today the countrys wild fauna are not doing as well. Wolves are rare, and the government is under pressure to cull them further. Another iconic species faces a different threat: chronic wasting disease (CWD), a sort of mad cow disease that can infect reindeer.. North American elk, deer and moose have been dying from CWD since the 1960s, but when the disease was discovered in Norway in March 2016 it was the first instance in Europe, and the first anywhere in wild reindeer. Like mad cow disease, it is caused when proteins known as prions take the wrong shape. The ...

Abstract To characterize the altitudinal and successional trends in microbial biomass and to understand their role in soil nutrient dynamics during the aggradation phase (vegetation recovery) of abandoned shifting cultivation systems, we determined the soil properties and microbial C and N in jhum (slash-and-burn) cultivation systems at different altitudes and 1-, 7-, and 16-year-old fallow agricultural lands at lower and higher altitudes in the northeastern Indian hills. Density of ground vegetation was lower in the undisturbed forest than in the jhum fallows. In general, 1-year jhum fallow had greater herbaceous vegetation both at lower and higher altitudes. Although woody plants were observed in 7- and 16-year-old jhum fallows, their density was highest in the forest. Soil moisture, organic C, and total N also increased gradually with increasing altitude and progressive secondary succession. Soil pH showed a negative correlation with altitude (as also confounded by soil type) and fallow age. ...

Neill Atkinson, Seafarers - The seafaring workforce, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/5370/crew-of-the-wild-deer (accessed 19 September 2021). Story by Neill Atkinson, published 12 Jun 2006. ...

TSEs include Alzheimers disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Parkinsons disease, mad cow disease and chronic wasting disease in deer. TSE has been found in mink, moose, mice, sheep, cats, elephants, dolphins and many other species. Sea mammals are extremely vulnerable, but they arent being tested. Sick mammals on land and at sea are serving as canaries in a coal mine. Their sickness reflects an alarming epidemiological trend among humans. The same environmental contagion is responsible for the spike among all mammals. There is no species barrier.. TSEs are caused by a deadly protein called a prion (PREE-on). As such, TSEs also are referred to as prion disease. The critical factor is that prions are unstoppable. The pathogen spreads through the bodily fluids and cell tissue of its victims. Blood, skin, saliva, mucus, milk, urine and feces carry deadly prions from victims. All tissue is infectious just because of the contact with the contaminated blood.. Prions are such a formidable threat ...

Japanese barberry is a non-native invasive shrub that became established on much of the post-agricultural lands of New England in the early 1900s and has since invaded the forests in which we live. Barberry stifles native tree and wildflower regeneration and can alter soil chemistry. Ten years of our research has revealed there is a positive association between Japanese barberry infestations and blacklegged (aka deer) ticks and the causal agent of Lyme disease they are infected with. Japanese barberry is a scourge on the landscape and is detrimental to the health of Connecticuts forest and citizenry alike.. PLEASE REGISTER. Scotts field of expertise is wildlife biology. He has been working specifically with overabundant white-tailed deer herds and their impact on native and managed ecosystems, orchards, gardens, and landscape plantings. He is also knowledgeable about other Connecticut wildlife including songbirds and other migratory birds, game birds, small and medium sized mammals, and ...

Hunters Alert is dedicated to keeping the sportsman informed of factual information regarding unjust management of wildlife and money trails from organizations such as the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Department of Wildlife, and many others. This site is dedicated to keeping the sportsman informed of government misdealing with your game and wildlife. We also commend those who do an exemplary job in managing populations of animals in accordance with the Pittman-Robertson Act using funding paid for by hunters.

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The arrival of the eastern coyote in the Northeastern United States and Maritime Canada has had a profound impact on the wildlife ecology of the region. For 30 years (1975-2005), I served as the deer management and research biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries…. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News.

The elk is a large animal of the ungulate order Artiodactyla, possessing an even number of toes on each foot, similar to those of camels, goats and cattle. It is a ruminant species, with a four-chambered stomach, and feeds on grasses, plants, leaves and bark. During the summer, elk eat almost constantly, consuming between 4 and 7 kilograms (8.8 and 15.4 lb) of vegetation daily.[22] In North America, males are called bulls, and females are called cows. In Asia, stag and hind, respectively, are sometimes used instead. Elk are more than twice as heavy as mule deer and have a more reddish hue to their hair coloring, as well as large, buff-colored rump patches and smaller tails. Moose are larger and darker than elk; bulls have distinctively different antlers. Elk gather in herds, while moose are solitary. Elk cows average 225 to 241 kg (496 to 531 lb), stand 1.3 m (4.3 ft) at the wither, and are 2.1 m (6.9 ft) from nose to tail. Bulls are some 40% larger than cows at maturity, weighing an average of ...

Over the past few years, many Field Testers in different areas of North America have been hit with those same conditions. To make matters worse it happened in late summer and early fall, right when natural forage availability is at one of its lowest annual points and the natural forages that are still available are usually stemmy and of little utility to deer. To help our Imperial Whitetail Clover customers keep their plots at high production even during times that approach drought conditions, the Institute developed Imperial Chicory Plus. The main component of Chicory Plus is WINA-100 Brand perennial forage chicory, which as we said earlier is highly drought-resistant and vastly more palatable and attractive to deer than chicories traditionally planted for deer. Also included in Chicory PLUS is Imperial Whitetail Clover, featuring the proprietary Advantage and Insight clovers engineered by the Whitetail Institute specifically for deer ...

To ensure a quick and humane kill, a bowhunter must know where the center of the vital zone is located. Only then can he or she choose the correct spot at which to aim. Since a razor-sharp broadhead kills by cutting blood vessels, an arrow must be directed at the largest zone of concentrated veins and arteries. As a deer offers a broadside shot, we must choose just the right spot at which to aim. The best way to accomplish this is to learn the internal anatomy of a deer. We must first be cautioned about large bone structures that may stop an arrows penetration.. ,On screen, a diagram lights up the Humerus bone connecting the deers front leg to its shoulder blade, which is labeled the Scapula.. The Humerus bone and the Scapula bone actually cover very little of the ideal aiming zone on a deer standing broadside. However, the location of these bones must be understood when shot placement decisions are made. While not considered an aiming zone, the liver contains many blood vessels.. The diagram ...

To ensure a quick and humane kill, a bowhunter must know where the center of the vital zone is located. Only then can he or she choose the correct spot at which to aim. Since a razor-sharp broadhead kills by cutting blood vessels, an arrow must be directed at the largest zone of concentrated veins and arteries. As a deer offers a broadside shot, we must choose just the right spot at which to aim. The best way to accomplish this is to learn the internal anatomy of a deer. We must first be cautioned about large bone structures that may stop an arrows penetration.. On screen, a diagram lights up the humerus bone connecting the deers front leg to its shoulder blade, which is labeled the scapula.. The humerus bone and the scapula bone actually cover very little of the ideal aiming zone on a deer standing broadside. However, the location of these bones must be understood when shot placement decisions are made. While not considered an aiming zone, the liver contains many blood vessels.. The diagram ...