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Quote from: Reeves on October 16, 2007, 09:14:14 PMChuck, just had a look of your Deer on page one. I've never seen a Deer in that condition. You sure CWD is not NOW in your State ?CharlieHorseQuote:: Don't know, I'm taking picture to the Department of Natural Resources in the morning and see what they have to say. Regardless of what they may have to say..........it may have to be removed from the herd. Although some of the facts do state....."Symptoms of EHD can be very similar to those of CWD":: The deer may have EHD and may have built up an immunity to the virus. Only time will tell. Has the deer still been seen coming to the feeder?StevePheasant Hollow Farm
Chuck, just had a look of your Deer on page one. I've never seen a Deer in that condition. You sure CWD is not NOW in your State ?
:: Don't know, I'm taking picture to the Department of Natural Resources in the morning and see what they have to say. Regardless of what they may have to say..........it may have to be removed from the herd. Although some of the facts do state....."Symptoms of EHD can be very similar to those of CWD"::
Steve...After reviewing your pics and factoring your written statements, I feel that the deer died of EHD. Here is my reasoning:EHD kills an animal from the inside out. It typically kills it from hemorrhaging of organs and specifically the alimentary canal and digestive system. The stomach, small intestine, and colon hemorrhage pretty severely and the mucousal lining of the digestive system is strikingly red. When this happens a deer usually as a response tries to drink water. You mentioned he was found around the creek that was one indication it could be EHD. Another indication is that the deer has red nasal passages and likely were inflamed. This can happen with EHD as well. The definitive symptom was the red swollen anus that could be a number of things but with the bleeding and some visible hemorrhaging is a tell tail sign of EHD.
Question is will they give you a management tag for the deer? Or would you have to burn one of yours to cull it from the herd? Here in Texas they will give us one if we provide a photo of the deer in question for deer management purposes. Then again if it has built up an immunity to EHD and finally does recover it might not be a bad idea passing it along to the herd thru offspring. To me I wouldnt gamble on it and see about culling it and not taking chances. Taking chances with the wait and see approach has passed a many of diseases along and allowed them to mutate. If you do get a tag for culling it ask them if you can have it autopsied thru the state and find out what the cuase of it was for sure. I have also seen then trank them and do blood work on them as well. Just a few options you might ask them about.
Question is will they give you a management tag for the deer? Or would you have to burn one of yours to cull it from the herd?
Quote from: WHITNEYPLU on October 17, 2007, 10:00:40 PMQuestion is will they give you a management tag for the deer? Or would you have to burn one of yours to cull it from the herd? I had inqired about that and their position was, if they gave me permission to kill a "sick" deer, and "word" got out............then anyone could use the excuse, "I thought it was a sick deer, so I killed it". I didn't push the issue, I know how things work..... . If they are not concerned about it enough to check it............then I surely don't have time to fool with it. I've got better things to do. If it were to have CWD, you could kill all the deer in the state that had it and the disease would still be there for the rest of them, it does not go away for 3-4 years, it survives in the soil. Canada had the same disease with sheep some time back and they tried everything to kill it in the soil, barns, etc, etc. And it came right back and infected the replacement flocks.
CharlieHorse,How's that deer doing?
Quote from: Pheasant Hollow Farm on October 22, 2007, 10:57:13 AMCharlieHorse,How's that deer doing?I have no idea. I had moved the camera to another location prior to viewing the pictures with that nasty deer on it.