Deer Veterinary Medicine

Deer Veterinary Medicine is a practical and comprehensive reference designed to support veterinary professionals who work with or encounter deer in different clinical and management settings. Drawing on extensive field experience and contributions from multiple specialists, the book provides detailed guidance on common diseases, clinical conditions, and veterinary care across a variety of deer species.

The book addresses the challenges of working with deer in diverse environments, including wild populations and captive animals kept on farms, in parks, and in zoological collections. It covers the full spectrum of veterinary care, from safe handling and sedation to nutritional management, postmortem examination, and pathological assessment.

Key Features

• Provides practical guidance on handling and safely sedating deer, including approaches to analgesia and humane euthanasia.
• Covers a broad selection of species, including red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, water deer, Reeves’ muntjac, reindeer, and white-tailed deer.
• Examines major body systems, including the gastrointestinal, neurological, ocular, respiratory, and integumentary systems.
• Discusses veterinary procedures and interventions related to reproduction and breeding.
• Provides detailed information on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of parasitic diseases.
• Addresses important notifiable diseases, including tuberculosis (TB) and chronic wasting disease (CWD), as well as significant zoonotic infections such as E. coli and cryptosporidiosis.
• Includes a comprehensive drug formulary with available evidence and findings from published veterinary research.
• Covers nutrition, pathology, postmortem investigation, and broader approaches to the health management of both wild and captive deer.

Edited by a former president of the British Deer Veterinary Association (BDVA), this volume builds on the foundation established by Management and Diseases of Deer: A Handbook for Veterinary Surgeons, which was published in 1994 by the Veterinary Deer Society, now known as the BDVA.

Bringing together expertise from veterinary specialists in Europe and the United States, Deer Veterinary Medicine provides an up-to-date resource for veterinarians, veterinary surgeons, veterinary students, and professionals involved in the management and healthcare of wild and captive deer.