Seasonal Variations in Physiological Indices of Adult Female White-Tailed Deer in Texas

Waid, Douglas D.; Warren, Robert J.

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-20.3.212

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“…This presence of protein fractions is different from that described by Waid and Warren [25] in adult female white-tailed deer, in which the pattern for total protein and albumin is similar, but globulins do not show a consistent seasonal trend. However, previous studies [26] have pointed out that the decrease in albumin synthesis might be a response to the increase in globulin synthesis, a statement that agrees with out results.…”

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Plasmatic protein values in captive adult Iberian red deer stags (Cervus elaphus hispanicus)

Gaspar-López¹,

Estévez²,

Landete‐Castillejos³

et al. 2010

Open Life Sciences

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Abstract:The aim of this study was to assess the time trend of plasmatic proteins in red deer stags. Blood samples were taken monthly from 17 male red deer for 22 months. Total plasmatic determination and protein electrophoresis were performed. Plasmatic proteins showed minimum values during spring and summer and a maximum at the peak of the mating period. Total globulins, β and γ, followed a pattern similar to that observed for total proteins, whereas α1 and α2 globulins showed no seasonal variations. Albumin showed higher values in early spring and summer and lower values at the beginning of autumn, coinciding with the mating season. These seasonal changes in plasmatic proteins should be taken into account when assessing blood protein analysis results.

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Plasmatic protein values in captive adult Iberian red deer stags (Cervus elaphus hispanicus)

Gaspar-López¹,

Estévez²,

Landete‐Castillejos³

et al. 2010

Open Life Sciences

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“…DeLiberto et al (1989) reported that K + values were highest in the summer, while several studies have shown no seasonal variation in K + (Seal et al, 1978;Kie et al, 1983;Waid and Warren, 1984;Jopson et al, 1997). DelGiudice et al (1992) investigated seasonal effects on blood parameters of white-tailed deer and reported the most probable cause of hyperkalemia during winter was a partial renal shutdown associated with reduced circulatory volume.…”

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“…Many reference ranges have been reported for potassium (K + ) in freeranging cervids (Table 1; Wilber and Robinson, 1958;White and Cook, 1974;Seal et al, 1978;Kie et al, 1983;Waid and Warren, 1984;DeLiberto et al, 1989;DelGiudice et al, 1992). The International Species Information System (ISIS), widely used as a reference for captive populations, reports a mean K + of 4.360.9 milliequivalents (mEq)/l (n561; ISIS, 2002) for white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).…”

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Hyperkalemia in Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus)

Stringer

Kennedy‐Stoskopf

Chitwood

et al. 2011

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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ABSTRACT:Sixty adult and yearling female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were collected in July 2008 (n530) and March 2009 (n530) from eastern North Carolina as part of a population health assessment. During July 2008, standard serum analyses revealed hyperkalemia in all deer sampled. In March, the effect of processing time as a possible source of the hyperkalemia was investigated. For a subset of deer (n510), blood tubes were centrifuged and processed at four time points (0, 30, 60, and 120 min) postcollection. Delayed centrifugation and plasma separation did not affect potassium (K + ) concentration over time, indicating that a shift in intracellular K + did not occur and the hyperkalemia was not due to improper sample handling. Potassium levels were negatively correlated with age and varied across collection periods. Also, K + levels were positively correlated with glucose and not correlated with creatine kinase (CK). No single variable indicated a strong enough relationship to explain the hyperkalemia in the study.

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“…Amount of kidney fat in deer varies seasonally (Finger et al 1981, Waid andWarren 1984) with higher reserves in females occurring in winter than in other seasons in the South (Deliberto et al 1989). Young animals possess lower levels of fat compared with adults (Bjarghou et al 1977, Johns et al 1984, Ballard and Whitman 1987.…”

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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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Seasonal Variations in Physiological Indices of Adult Female White-Tailed Deer in Texas

Cited by 30 publications

References 18 publications

Plasmatic protein values in captive adult Iberian red deer stags (Cervus elaphus hispanicus)

Plasmatic protein values in captive adult Iberian red deer stags (Cervus elaphus hispanicus)

Hyperkalemia in Free-Ranging White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus)

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

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