List of Contributors ix

Foreword xiii

Preface xvii

Acknowledgements xix

List of Tables xxi

List of Illustrations/Images xxiii

1 Introduction to Cervids 1

2 Managing, Handling and Moving Deer 45

3 Analgesia, euthanasia, restraint and sedation in deer 51

4 Surgical Interventions and Imaging Methods in Deer 63

5 Deer in Deer Parks 69

6 An Overview of Red Deer Farming in the United Kingdom 81

7 Wild Deer in the UK (Health and Welfare, Deer-Vehicle Collisions and Disease Surveillance) 89

8 Venison in the United Kingdom 105

9 Rehabilitation of Deer 115

10 Antlers 123

11 Reproduction in Deer 137

12 Nutrition of Deer 151

13 Notifiable Diseases in Deer ? Chronic Wasting Disease 177

14 Notifiable Diseases in Deer ? Mycobacterium bovis Infection 183

15 Serological Methods and Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Deer 197

16 Notifiable Diseases in Deer 205

17 Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Deer 211

18 Gastrointestinal Diseases in Deer ? Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis and Johne’s Disease 219

19 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Parasite Diseases in Deer 235

20 Gastrointestinal Diseases in Deer 245

21 Zoonotic Agents and Deer (Cryptosporidiosis, Salmonellosis, Toxoplasmosis and SARS-CoV-2) 251

22 Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Deer 265

23 Neurological Diseases in Deer 273

24 Respiratory Parasite Diseases in Deer 283

25 Respiratory Diseases in Deer ? Bacterial, Fungal and Viral 293

26 Skin Diseases in Deer 307

27 Deer Ophthalmology ? A Practical Approach to Deer Ophthalmic Examination 321

28 Lameness and Hoof Problems in Deer 345

29 Vector-borne Infections in Deer ? Threat to Deer Health and Role of Deer in Transmission of Diseases of Veterinary and Medical Importance 359

30 Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) 371

31 Reindeer 385

32 An Overview of Diseases of Farmed White-tailed Deer 395

33 Anatomical Pathology and Deer ? A Guide to Postmortem Examination and Pathology 423

34 Cervine Formulary 435

Index 459