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Handling farmed deer
Author(s) -
Fletcher John
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.17.1.30
Subject(s) - quarantine , veterinary medicine , agriculture , fishery , geography , agricultural science , biology , medicine , ecology , archaeology
DEER farming has been developing steadily in Britain since the early 1970s and over the past few years the handling of farmed deer has become commonplace. Veterinary surgeons may become involved with deer on the farm, in quarantine premises, in semen and embryo collection centres and/or at the abattoir. This article is aimed primarily at those handling red deer. Fallow deer have a reputation for being more ‘flighty’, though with a correctly designed system they, too, can be handled smoothly and quickly.