Within a 6-mo period, a radio-collared, white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) doe from Delaware, US, developed a fatal head mass consistent with osteochondroma. We suspected a retroviral etiology, but test results were negative. Population implications were not suspected, but this case is concerning as these tumors are not thought to cause mortality.
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1 April 2018
Rare Osteochondroma Associated with Natural Mortality of a Wild White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Melissa M. Kalb,
Debra L. Miller,
M. Kevin Keel,
Jacob L. Bowman
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 54 • No. 2
April 2018
Vol. 54 • No. 2
April 2018