health

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me. I’m a new deer mother and I have a boy fawn, who’s been pretty healthy for the last 5 weeks we had him. Then he stopped drinking his milk and was drinking more water instead, so we didn’t offer him milk for the last two days. He also loved to go...

Got a red deer stag and his summer coat is falling out and leaving Bald patches of skin. Around the neck and shoulders Bald patches seems to be sensitive and red then going to a almost black a week later. Can any please help

Hi, Diseases of farmed deer which have emerged over the last 30 or so years. It describes their characteristic signs, how control measures have evolved, their current status and gives an indication of future diagnostic and control measures. Overall, it shows that wild deer brought into a...

hello we are new to this site and new to deer farming. any help would be much appreciated. we have two fawns that are unable to walk. they are two months old and are holding there heads up and pee and poop good. we treated with penicillin and gave them an iv. there temps were 103.7 when we...

I have a fawn with droppings covered in a yellow film. The fawn has tons of energy and isn't acting out of the ordinary, but droppings had a bright Orange film and now yellow. What is this indicating? Any natural remedies?

If you are giving an atibiotic at birth, What atibiotic along with the dosage?, and what is the primary reason for giving?   I'm thinking of giving .25cc Excede. and the reason is to help prevent pneumonia.   If you don't give an atibiotic at birth, and have a particular reason why you...

Hello! I'm new here, so I'm tried looking for answers and didn't have much luck. I have two white tail does who live around my house that have two separate health problems, one of them quite serious. Cutear, the more serious one, looks to have been hit by a car, (not seriously) this was...

I've been doing some research and haven't had much luck finding species specific software. The only program I found was Ranch Manager Wildlife Edition. I'm hoping this isn't the only program available. What do you guys use and where can I get it???? Thanks.

Missouri-bound elk pass first of several health tests "Testing will ensure Missouri's wildlife and livestock remain healthy." THESE ELK ARE BEING IMPORTED WITHOUT MEETING ALL OF THE APPROVED TESTS AND MONITORING THAT WOULD ENSURE ONLY HEALTHY ELK ARE BEING IMPORTED! FOR THE FULL STORY...

Message from the State Veterinarian As the New Year begins, my staff and I reflect back on a very busy 2010, that was teeming with challenges on all fronts. Last year began with all eyes on the budget. Like other state agencies, we were working to trim our budget in the face of lagging...

AS OF September 1, 2010, state-inspected meat plants are no longer accepting farmed cervid chronic wasting disease (CWD) samples for animals that die on-farm. Deer and elk heads can still be sampled through Purdue’s diagnostic laboratory, by sending the head to another diagnostic laboratory, or...

Companion Animal Reminder to all veterinarians, the National Veterinary Accreditation Program has changed. As of February 1, 2010, veterinarians can now be accredited into two different categories, instead of one, based on the species veterinarians will work with. Anyone accredited before...

TEST RESULTS from samples collected from hunter-harvested Indiana deer as part of the bovine tuberculosis (TB) surveillance program last fall have all arrived. Successfully, all 375 samples submitted had a negative culture. This information is very reassuring to Indiana hunters and cattle...

I thought this was a good idea and feel this is only right. On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment courtesy of Republican Tom Coburn that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan. It took me less...

Check this out, all of our animals has at least 5 years monitoring so why would they ban deer scents??? You talk about knee jerk decision..You may have to paste this in your browser...

:mad: I'm starting this thread out with a "mad smilie" cuz seems we've been fighting coccidia for almost 2 months now. Many of you, I'm sure, read or replied on our stuggle with the buck fawn of ours that had coccidia and then seemed better and then dead the next day. I want to know...

I am wondering if anyone has any interesting pictures of any health issue in deer (fawns, does or bucks). We are collecting a variety that we can use for our Ask the Experts column to help other deer farmers who may be experiencing the same things. This is your opportunity to help get a health...

I truly have seen the need for this!!, many times when time arises, would be nice for those in need of emergency Help, well would be nice to call for help and not feel burdned,no question is a dumd question,we all been there! or maybe you just need advice on starting. or darting question, AI...

OK...I need to vent... I came home last night to find my neighbor having a party with about 40 cars all up and down the road...So I go to check my deer and the more skittish pen is fine. My next pen (14 doe and 1 buck)... I can't see yet because they are behind a 10'2 solid wall I hear my doe...