ANTLER MALFORMATION PRODUCED BY LEG INJURY IN WHITE-TAILED DEER1

R. G. MARBURGER; R. M. ROBINSON; J. W. THOMAS; M. J. ANDREGG; K. A. CLARK

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-8.4.311

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1 October 1972 ANTLER MALFORMATION PRODUCED BY LEG INJURY IN WHITE-TAILED DEER

R. G. MARBURGER, R. M. ROBINSON, J. W. THOMAS, M. J. ANDREGG, K. A. CLARK

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 8(4):311-314 (1972). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-8.4.311

Abstract

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.

MARBURGER, ROBINSON, THOMAS, ANDREGG, and CLARK: ANTLER MALFORMATION PRODUCED BY LEG INJURY IN WHITE-TAILED DEER1

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R. G. MARBURGER, R. M. ROBINSON, J. W. THOMAS, M. J. ANDREGG, and K. A. CLARK "ANTLER MALFORMATION PRODUCED BY LEG INJURY IN WHITE-TAILED DEER," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 8(4), 311-314, (1 October 1972). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-8.4.311

Received: 27 October 1971; Published: 1 October 1972

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