Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Capture Myopathy in Farmed White-Tailed Deer

Abstract

This publication discusses causes, clinical signs, and ways to reduce risk of capture myopathy in farmed white-tailed deer. Written by Juan M. Campos Krauer, and published by the Veterinary Medicine—Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension, January 2024.

Keywords

• White-tailed Deer
• Capture Myopathy
• Deer farming
• Immobilization
• muscular diseases
• animal handling