First description of Onchocerca flexuosa infections in Danish red deer (Cervus elaphus)

During the nineteenth century, scientific literature and official reports recorded the occurrence of a population of red deer, Cervus elaphus, on the island of Lampedusa (Pelagian Archipelago, Italy). Osteological specimens collected by the zoologist Enrico Hillier Giglioli towards the end of the century confirmed these references. Since cervids are not found among the fossil fauna of the island, the red deer must have been introduced by man although we do not yet know precisely when. The former existence of the species on Lampedusa is discussed by comparison of literary material and bone evidence. The population's probable origins and its taxonomic relationships with other Mediterranean red deer populations are also analysed.

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Role of ovarian failure in reproductive senescence in aged red deer (Cervus elaphus) hinds

Reproduction ◽

10.1530/jrf.0.1200211 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 120 (2) ◽

pp. 211-216 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

M. Fisher ◽

B. McLeod ◽

D. Heath ◽

S Lun ◽

P. Hurst

Keyword(s):

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Red Deer ◽

Ovarian Failure ◽

Reproductive Senescence

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Production of interferon by red deer (Cervus elaphus) conceptuses and the effects of roIFN-tau on the timing of luteolysis and the success of asynchronous embryo transfer

Reproduction ◽

10.1530/reprod/118.2.387 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 387-395 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

KJ Demmers ◽

HN Jabbour ◽

DW Deakin ◽

AP Flint

Keyword(s):

Embryo Transfer ◽

Early Pregnancy ◽

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Pregnancy Loss ◽

Red Deer ◽

Interferon Tau ◽

Recombinant Interferon ◽

Uterine Flushing ◽

Calving Rate

The role of interferon in early pregnancy in red deer was investigated by (a) measuring production of interferon by the conceptus, (b) testing the anti-luteolytic effect of recombinant interferon-tau in non-pregnant hinds, and (c) treatment of hinds with interferon after asynchronous embryo transfer. Blastocysts were collected from 34 hinds by uterine flushing 14 (n = 2), 16 (n = 2), 18 (n = 8), 20 (n = 13) or 22 (n = 9) days after synchronization of oestrus with progesterone withdrawal. Interferon anti-viral activity was detectable in uterine flushings from day 16 to day 22, and increased with duration of gestation (P < 0.01) and developmental stage (P < 0.01). When interferon-tau was administered daily between day 14 and day 20 to non-pregnant hinds to mimic natural blastocyst production, luteolysis was delayed by a dose of 0.2 mg day(-1) (27.3 +/- 1.3 days after synchronization, n = 4 versus 21 +/- 0 days in control hinds, n = 3; P < 0.05). Interferon-tau was administered to hinds after asynchronous embryo transfer to determine whether it protects the conceptus against early pregnancy loss. Embryos (n = 24) collected on day 6 from naturally mated, superovulated donors (n = 15) were transferred into synchronized recipients on day 10 or day 11. Interferon-tau treatment (0.2 mg daily from day 14 to 20) increased calving rate from 0 to 64% in all recipients (0/11 versus 7/11, P < 0.005), and from 0 to 67% in day 10 recipients (0/8 versus 6/9, P < 0.01). The increased success rate of asynchronous embryo transfer after interferon-tau treatment in cervids may be of benefit where mismatched embryo-maternal signalling leads to failure in the establishment of pregnancy.

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Predisposition assessment of mountainous forests to bark peeling by red deer (Cervus elaphus L.) as a strategy in preventive forest habitat management

Wildlife Biology in Practice ◽

10.2461/wbp.2011.7.7 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Ursula Nopp-Mayr ◽

Friedrich Reimoser ◽

Friedrich Voelk

Keyword(s):

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Habitat Management ◽

Red Deer ◽

Forest Habitat ◽

Bark Peeling

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The population of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L., 1758) in Tulcea county (Romania)

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” ◽

10.2478/v10191-010-0026-3 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 53 (1) ◽

pp. 351-356

Author(s):

Sorin Geacu

Keyword(s):

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Red Deer ◽

Forest Land ◽

The West ◽

Spreading Area ◽

Deer Population ◽

The North ◽

Natural Expansion ◽

North Western

The population of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L., 1758) in Tulcea county (Romania) The presence of the Red Deer in the North-western parts of Tulcea County is an example of the natural expansion of a species spreading area. In North Dobrogea, this mammal first occurred only forty years ago. The first specimens were spotted on Cocoşul Hill (on the territory of Niculiţel area) in 1970. Peak numbers (68 individuals) were registered in the spring of 1987. The deer population (67 specimens in 2007) of this county extended along 10 km from West to East and 20 km from North to South over a total of 23,000 ha (55% of which was forest land) in the East of the Măcin Mountains and in the West of the Niculiţel Plateau.

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Pestivirus infections in cervids from the Czech Republic

Veterinární Medicína ◽

10.17221/29/2009-vetmed ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 54 (No. 4) ◽

pp. 191-193

Author(s):

K. Sedlak ◽

T. Girma ◽

J. Holejsovsky

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Red Deer ◽

Competitive Inhibition ◽

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽

Border Disease Virus ◽

Serum Samples ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Diarrhea Virus ◽

Border Disease

372 sera of cervids from the Czech Republic were examined for antibodies to the bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and border disease virus (BDV) by competitive-inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and for the presence of the BVDV by AgELISA. Antibodies to BVDV/BDV were found in 0.6% (two positive/305 tested) red deer (Cervus elaphus). BVDV/BDV antibodies were not found in four sika deer (Cervus Nippon) and 63 fallow deer (Dama dama). All serum samples were BVDV antigen negative. Our results confirmed that red deer in the Czech Republic are only rarely infected with Pestiviruses. This was the first survey of pestiviruses in farmed and wild cervids in the Czech Republic.

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Artificial shade effects on behavior and body weight of pregnant grazing red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Journal of Veterinary Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jveb.2021.05.007 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Lorenzo Alvarez Ramírez ◽

Nancy G. Mejía Huerta ◽

Alejandra Sánchez Cervantes

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Red Deer

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A Genome Scan for Quantitative Trait Loci in a Wild Population of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)

Genetics ◽

10.1093/genetics/162.4.1863 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 162 (4) ◽

pp. 1863-1873 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J Slate ◽

P M Visscher ◽

S MacGregor ◽

D Stevens ◽

M L Tate ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Quantitative Trait Loci ◽

Cervus Elaphus ◽

Quantitative Trait ◽

Red Deer ◽

Wild Population ◽

Additive Genetic Variance ◽

Model Organisms ◽

A Genome ◽

Trait Loci ◽

In The Wild

Abstract Recent empirical evidence indicates that although fitness and fitness components tend to have low heritability in natural populations, they may nonetheless have relatively large components of additive genetic variance. The molecular basis of additive genetic variation has been investigated in model organisms but never in the wild. In this article we describe an attempt to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for birth weight (a trait positively associated with overall fitness) in an unmanipulated, wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus). Two approaches were used: interval mapping by linear regression within half-sib families and a variance components analysis of a six-generation pedigree of >350 animals. Evidence for segregating QTL was found on three linkage groups, one of which was significant at the genome-wide suggestive linkage threshold. To our knowledge this is the first time that a QTL for any trait has been mapped in a wild mammal population. It is hoped that this study will stimulate further investigations of the genetic architecture of fitness traits in the wild.

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