Deer Veterinary Medicine 1st Edition - July 28, 2025

Your Essential Guide to Deer Veterinary Medicine

This book is an essential reference for veterinary professionals preparing for deer encounters. Rooted in extensive field experience, the book considers the different contexts where deer are encountered, including wild populations and deer held in captivity. It provides an authoritative guide to common conditions across multiple deer species.

Key Features

• Comprehensive Topics: The chapters' topics range from handling and sedating deer through to nutrition and postmortem examination and pathology. They also cover key body systems, including the gut, nervous, ocular, respiratory, and skin systems.
• Species Coverage: It provides coverage of species including red, roe, fallow, water deer, Reeves’ muntjac, reindeer, and white-tailed deer. It also provides coverage of veterinary interventions for reproductive purposes.
• Disease Management: It includes detailed consideration of the management of parasitic diseases and notifiable and zoonotic diseases.
• Drug Formulary: A detailed drug formulary is also included, with evidence from published studies where available.
• Expert Authorship: Edited by the past president of a veterinary association, this book is a fitting successor to a well-regarded handbook. It synthesizes key contributions by a range of experts from a variety of countries.
• Broad Audience: It is ideal for veterinarians, veterinary surgeons, and veterinary students, as well as readers interested in the management of captive and wild deer.