Tag: deer farms

Vaccine for virus lethal to deer shows promise

by Tory Moore
October 29, 2020

A viral disease that impacts deer around the country can be devastating, but a vaccine shows promise for the $8 billion per year deer farming industry. The disease, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus, or EHDV, is the leading cause of herd ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Cervidae Health Research Initiative, CHeRI, Deer, Deer Farming, Deer Farms, EHD, EHDV, White-tailed Deer

UF Scientists Test Vaccine for Disease that Affects Deer

by Samantha Murray
May 20, 2019

University of Florida scientists are working with deer farmers to test a new vaccine that could help prevent a deadly disease in deer. The disease, called epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, does not affect humans, but is the number one ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Cervidae Health Research Initiative, Deer Farms, News, Samantha Wisely, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

Malaria parasite makes fawns of white-tailed deer susceptible to diseases and death

by Brad Buck
April 18, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- More than one in five fawns of white-tailed deer – the most economically important big-game mammal in the United States – can contract a malaria parasite, making fawns susceptible to diseases and death, new University ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Deer Farms, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Fawns, Game Hunting, Malaria, Samantha Wisely, White-tailed Deer

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