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Journal Article
Physiological Correlates of Neonatal Mortality in an Overpopulated Herd of White-Tailed Deer
1996
Overview
We examined the relationship of development, immunocompetence, and tick burdens to neonatal mortality in an overpopulated herd of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) during 1990-1992 in northeastern Oklahoma. Risk of mortality to 21 days of age was inversely related to body mass, body mass/length3, delayed hypersensitivity to phytohemagglutinin, and serum concentrations of gamma globulin and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGTP) for young ≤3days old. Serum GGTP and gamma-globulin concentrations were the most significant predictors of mortality to 21 days of age using multivariate-logistic regression. Increased probability of mortality was associated with lower serum gamma globulin and concentrations of GGTP, which suggested that inadequate absorption of colostrum leads to a partial failure in the passive process of transferring immunity from mother to offspring, and predisposes young to mortality agents among high-density herds.
Publisher
American Society of Mammalogists,Brigham Young University, Department of Zoology,Oxford University Press
