Proc. Deer Branch NZVA / World Deer Vet Congress 2004
Proceedings of the
1st World Deer Veterinary Congress
Deer Branch NZVA
Deer Course for Veterinarians
No. 21
Queenstown, New Zealand
February 2004
ISSN 0112-5265
The papers in these proceedings have been peer reviewed.
Organising Committee:
Programme Committee:
Lori Linney (Chair)
Sue Bastiaansen (Promotion)
Rob Dunbar (Sponsorship)
Peter Wilson (Programme)
Peter Wilson, New Zealand (Chair)
Tony English, Australia
John Fletcher, Scotland
Jerry Haigh, Canada
Colin Mackintosh, New Zealand
Wang Quankai, PR China
Murray Woodbury, Canada
Deer Branch NZVA
President:
Vice-President:
Secretary/Treasurer:
Committee:
Adrian Campbell
Rob Dunbar
Peter Wilson
Colin Mackintosh
Andrew Conway
Lori Linney
Sue Bastiaansen
Richard Hilson
Editor: P R Wilson
© Copyright: These Proceedings or papers within it may not be copied without permission of the Editor.
Professor P R Wilson, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Ph: +64 (0) 6 350 5329; Fax: +64 (0) 6 350 5616; Email: P.R.Wilson@massey.ac.nz
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Contents
International Deer Veterinary Issues
Veterinarians and the NZ Deer Industry
I Scott ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Deer Veterinary Issues in the United Kingdom and Europe
J Fletcher ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Veterinary involvement in deer & deer farming in North America
JC Haigh .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Deer Farming in China
Quankai Wang, Chunyi Li and Zhao Liepin ......................................................................................................................................... 12
Deer Farming in Australia
A Hansen ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
OIE, Deer Diseases and International Trade
D Belton ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18
Diseases and Production
Necrobacillosis in White-tailed Deer
MR Woodbury and M Chirino-Trejo ................................................................................................................................................... 21
Necrobacillosis in New Zealand red deer – a case study
R Hilson ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Zoonotic Diseases of Deer
PR Wilson and PR Davies ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Foot and Mouth Disease in Deer
J Fletcher ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Deer and Leptospirosis: A Review of the World Situation
MA Ayanegui-Alcérreca, PR Wilson, CG Mackintosh, J Collins-Emerson,C Heuer, A Midwinter ..................................................... 34
Deer Production Medicine
PR Wilson ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in Farmed White-tailed Deer in North America
JC Haigh, J Berezowski and MR Woodbury ......................................................................................................................................... 43
Isolation and Identification of Deer Mucosal Disease Virus
Wang Quankai, Du Rui, Wang Shuzhi and Wang Xinping .................................................................................................................. 47
Chronic Wasting Disease
The Basics of Chronic Wasting Disease
MR Woodbury ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
Eradication of CWD in Canada
TL Church ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 53
The Aftermath of Chronic Wasting Disease
MR Woodbury ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Wildlife
The status and management of wild deer in Australia
AW English ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Wild deer issues in Britain and mainland Europe
J Fletcher ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Important Diseases of Wild White-tailed Deer in North America
SD Fitzgerald ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 68
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Reproduction
New Reproductive Technologies for Red Deer and Wapiti
DK Berg and GW Asher ....................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Artificial Insemination in Whitetail Deer
M Bringans............................................................................................................................................................................................ 75
Long-term contraceptive implants as an alternative management option for wild deer near urban environments
L Webley, A English, T Trigg and D Cooper........................................................................................................................................ 77
Collection of Semen from Cervids
M Bringans............................................................................................................................................................................................ 80
Reproductive Indices and Fawn Mortality in Farmed White-tailed Deer
JC Haigh, J Berezowski and MR Woodbury ......................................................................................................................................... 83
Reproductive Technologies on Chinese Deer Farms
Zhao Lieping and Wang Quankai .......................................................................................................................................................... 86
The reproductive performance of farmed red deer (Cervus elaphus) in Australia
A Hansen ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 87
Selection and breeding technologies for genetic improvement in New Zealand deer
JA Archer .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 92
Reproductive Management Of Reindeer In Alaska
JE Rowell, MC Sousa, AM Hirth, and MP Shipka................................................................................................................................ 96
Mycobacterial Diseases
Deer Tb Control in New Zealand
P Livingstone, T Ryan, N Hancox......................................................................................................................................................... 98
Immunodiagnosis of TB and Johne’s disease in deer
R O’Brien, C Rodgers, S Liggett, E Spittle, P Crosbie and F Griffin .................................................................................................. 102
Practitioner experience with Tb control
N Beatson ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 106
Regional Tb Control Strategies in New Zealand
S Hutchings ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 108
Tuberculosis research in deer – 25 years on
CG Mackintosh and JFT Griffin.......................................................................................................................................................... 111
Role of wild deer in the NZ Tb problem
G Nugent ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 115
A perspective on tuberculosis in deer within Britain and mainland Europe
J Fletcher ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 119
The Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Problem
SD Fitzgerald, SM Schmitt, DJ O’Brien, JB Kaneene ........................................................................................................................ 122
Review of Johne’s disease in deer
C Mackintosh, F Griffin and G de Lisle .............................................................................................................................................. 126
Practitioner experience with Johne’s disease
N Beatson ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 130
Farm Management Options for Deer JD
PR Wilson and F Castillo-Alcala ........................................................................................................................................................ 132
Deer Welfare
Overview of on-farm deer welfare issues
JC Pollard ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 136
Cervid Welfare Issues in North America
MR Woodbury .................................................................................................................................................................................... 141
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Australian Deer Welfare
S Joubert.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 144
Welfare of Farmed Deer in NZ – A Veterinarian’s Perspective
AC Campbell ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Deer Disease as a Welfare Issue
PR Wilson ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 150
Welfare of Deer at Slaughter in New Zealand
S Bastiaansen ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 153
Chemical Immobilisation
New and not-so-new drugs for restraint and sedation in deer
JC Haigh and N Caulkett ..................................................................................................................................................................... 157
Selection and use of projectile syringe systems
AW English ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 162
Finale
Deer Veterinarians: A New Zealand Marketer’s Perspective
MJ Loza .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 166
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