Factors Influencing Diet Selection by White-Tailed Deer

Vangilder, Larry D.; Torgerson, Oliver; Porath, Wayne R.

doi:10.2307/3808563

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“…Conversely, deer scored high on this axis due to high dietary browse and mast. Vangilder et al (1982) found that separation (in multivariate space) occurred between forages that were high in rapidly fermented cell solubles and calcium (ie leaves and fruits of woody species) and those that have a high cellulose fraction (ie forbs, grasses and grains). Thus, major separation between deer and cattle along principal component 1 likely occurred because of physiological differences that exist between the 2 species; ie browser versus grazer Stewart 1972, Hofmann 1988).…”

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Competition in sympatric white-tailed deer and cattle populations in southern pine forests of Oklahoma and Arkansas, USA

Jenks¹,

Leslie²,

Lochmiller³

et al. 1996

Acta Theriol.

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Section: Dietary Analysesmentioning

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Competition in sympatric white-tailed deer and cattle populations in southern pine forests of Oklahoma and Arkansas, USA

Jenks¹,

Leslie²,

Lochmiller³

et al. 1996

Acta Theriol.

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“…VANGILDER et al 13) also reported that low digestibility of leaves of woody species was induced by passage of digesta in digestive tract.…”

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Digestibility of Zoysia-type Grass by Japanese Deer

Miyazaki¹,

Kasagi²,

Mizuno³

1984

Nihon Chikusan Gakkaiho

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Digestion trial was conducted on Japanese deer (Cervus nippon Temminck) to know the carrying capacity of Zoysia-type grassland in Nara Park. Three adult does of good temper were immobilized with succinylcholine chloride, weighed and moved into the feeding stall. These stall allowed quantitative control of feed intake and collection of fecal samples uncontaminated with urine or hair to study digestion coefficients for feed. Deer 1 (6 years old, 49kg of body-weight) and Deer 2 (6 years old, 48kg) were given Zoysia-type grass hay (Zoysia japonica Steudel) and Deer 3 (4 years old, 40 kg) was given alfalfa (2nd cutting) hay as a single component respectively. After the adjustment period of 5 days and the preliminary period of 10 days, total fecal samples were collected for 5 days and feed digestibility was studied. Average daily consumption of Zoysia-type grass was 13.8g per kg bodyweight for Deer 1 and 18.8g for Deer 2. That of alfalfa was 12.9g for Deer 3. Apparent digestibility (%) of the proximate components and detergent fibers are as follows: dry matter in Zoysia-type grass, 65.0 for Deer 1, 62.5

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“…Franzmann (1971) suggested that reduced serum phosphorus levels in wild bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis represented a reduced ability to maintain blood levels of this serum constituent. However, calcium/phosphorus ratios were higher for deer collected from the no cattle area than other study areas; high levels could have resulted from consumption of diets high in browse species (Vangilder et al 1982).…”

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Effect of domestic cattle on the condition of female white-tailed deer in southern pine-bluestem forests, USA

Jenks

Leslie

2003

Acta Theriol

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2003. Effect of domestic cattle on the condition of female white-tailed deer in southern pine-bluestem forests, USA. Acta Theriologica 48: 131-144.Effect of domestic cattle stocking on the nutritional condition of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780) was assessed using physiological indices of collected specimens. Three study areas were delineated in McCurtain County, Oklahoma (heavy cattle stocking), and Howard (moderate to light cattle stocking) and Pike (no cattle stocking) counties, Arkansas that were similar with respect to soils and vegetation but differed with respect to cattle stocking rate. Female white-tailed deer were collected from study areas in February and August 1987-1988 to assess nutritional condition. Deer collected from study areas exposed to cattle grazing in February had lower carcass weights, fat attributes (femur marrow and kidney fat), and reproductive rates (fetuses/doe) than deer that were not exposed to cattle grazing. In August, deer collected from the moderate cattle area had heavier eviscerated carcass weights, serum glucose, albumin, and albumin/globulin ratios than deer collected from the heavy cattle area. Results suggest that if cattle are removed from managed forests in winter, nutritional condition of deer would be improved because of reduced competition for food.

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Factors Influencing Diet Selection by White-Tailed Deer

Cited by 56 publications

References 24 publications

Competition in sympatric white-tailed deer and cattle populations in southern pine forests of Oklahoma and Arkansas, USA

Competition in sympatric white-tailed deer and cattle populations in southern pine forests of Oklahoma and Arkansas, USA

Digestibility of Zoysia-type Grass by Japanese Deer

Effect of domestic cattle on the condition of female white-tailed deer in southern pine-bluestem forests, USA

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