List of Contributors ix Foreword xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix List of Tables xxi List of Illustrations/Images xxiii 1 Introduction to Cervids 1 2 Managing, Handling and Moving Deer 45 3 Analgesia, euthanasia, restraint and sedation in deer 51 4 Surgical Interventions and Imaging Methods in Deer 63 5 Deer in Deer Parks 69 6 An Overview of Red Deer Farming in the United Kingdom 81 7 Wild Deer in the UK (Health and Welfare, Deer-Vehicle Collisions and Disease Surveillance) 89 8 Venison in the United Kingdom 105 9 Rehabilitation of Deer 115 10 Antlers 123 11 Reproduction in Deer 137 12 Nutrition of Deer 151 13 Notifiable Diseases in Deer - Chronic Wasting Disease 177 14 Notifiable Diseases in Deer - Mycobacterium bovis Infection 183 15 Serological Methods and Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Deer 197 16 Notifiable Diseases in Deer 205 17 Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Deer 211 18 Gastrointestinal Diseases in Deer - Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis and Johne's Disease 219 19 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Parasite Diseases in Deer 235 20 Gastrointestinal Diseases in Deer 245 21 Zoonotic Agents and Deer (Cryptosporidiosis, Salmonellosis, Toxoplasmosis and SARS-CoV-2) 251 22 Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Deer 265 23 Neurological Diseases in Deer 273 24 Respiratory Parasite Diseases in Deer 283 25 Respiratory Diseases in Deer - Bacterial, Fungal and Viral 293 26 Skin Diseases in Deer 307 27 Deer Ophthalmology - A Practical Approach to Deer Ophthalmic Examination 321 28 Lameness and Hoof Problems in Deer 345 29 Vector-borne Infections in Deer - Threat to Deer Health and Role of Deer in Transmission of Diseases of Veterinary and Medical Importance 359 30 Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) 371 31 Reindeer 385 32 An Overview of Diseases of Farmed White-tailed Deer 395 33 Anatomical Pathology and Deer - A Guide to Postmortem Examination and Pathology 423 34 Cervine Formulary 435 Index 459.