Birth, morphologic, and blood characteristics of free-ranging white-tailed deer neonates

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 171-183

  Powell, Michelle Carstensen ^a   DelGiudice, Glenn D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood characteristics; Deer neonates; Morphologic development; Odocoileus virginianus; Reproduction; White tailed deer; Winter severity

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 18444404323     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.1.171     Document Type: Article

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