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Deer fawns more likely to survive in agricultural landscapes than forest

5/1/18

The cruel truth is that throughout the white-tailed deer's range only about half of all fawns live to see their first birthday — most are killed by predators. However, they have a much better chance of surviving if they are born in farmland rather than in forest, according to Penn State researchers, who collaborated with Pennsylvania Game Commission deer biologists.

A White-tailed deer fawn eats grass

Oh, deer: Study uses GPS to explore animals' relationship with forest

1/18/16

Thanks to geospatial technologies like GPS, one Penn State research study may soon have a better understanding of how to balance woodland creatures’ effect on forest vegetation.

The Deer-Forest Study, led by professors Duane Diefenbach and Marc McDill, is a collaborative project among Penn State, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry and the Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.

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Researchers identify terrain likely to attract wasting disease-infected deer

4/10/14

A study of the spread of chronic wasting disease among white-tailed deer in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania found that infected deer tend to cluster in low-lying open and developed areas. These results suggest that state wildlife management agencies should concentrate surveillance efforts in such topography and landscapes, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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Deer hunters, be sure downed animal was healthy before eating venison

11/22/13

Food-safety specialists with Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences annually issue warnings to deer hunters to keep food safety in mind if they are fortunate enough to get a buck or a doe, and this fall is no exception. However, this year because of the discovery of chronic wasting disease in wild Pennsylvania deer, they are cautioning hunters to be sure their animal appears healthy.

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Deer dispersal research and chronic wasting disease

3/15/13

Research done in the College of Agricultural Sciences on dispersal of young white-tailed deer will inform efforts to manage the outbreak of chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania and predict how chronic wasting disease will spread.

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Experts advise hunters not to overreact to CWD discovery in Pa.

11/9/12

The discovery this fall of chronic wasting disease in two deer on a game farm in southeastern Pennsylvania has hunters concerned, but they shouldn't overreact, according to experts in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. Because the disease -- often referred to as CWD -- was discovered in recent years in both wild and game-farm deer in the neighboring states of New York, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland, the reality is it may have crept undetected into Keystone State deer from a number of sources, noted David Wolfgang, extension veterinarian and field studies director in veterinary and biomedical sciences. Currently, more than two dozen deer farms remain under quarantine as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's ongoing CWD investigation. So far, there has been no sign that the disease has crossed over from the captive deer population to the wild deer herd.

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Veterinarian: State should consider deer-feeding ban to combat CWD

10/15/12

On the heels of finding chronic wasting disease in a Pennsylvania deer, it's time for the state's game commissioners to consider a ban on deer feeding, according to a veterinarian in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. It actually is past time, noted David Wolfgang, extension veterinarian and field studies director in veterinary and biomedical sciences.On the heels of finding chronic wasting disease in a Pennsylvania deer, it's time for the state's game commissioners to consider a ban on deer feeding. That's the conclusion of a veterinarian in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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Safety reminders, advice offered for field dressing, processing deer

11/24/10

For hunters lucky enough to bag a deer in the upcoming seasons, a food-safety specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences offers some advice to properly field dress and store the carcass, and then process the meat. "The time from when the deer is downed until it is processed can have the largest impact on the safety and quality of the meat," said Martin Bucknavage, food safety extension associate in the Department of Food Science.

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Tame the sprawl of Penn State's Ag Progress Days with research tours

7/21/10

Hiking around the 1,500-acre Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs would be a taxing way to learn about the science of agriculture, but for those interested in agricultural research, there's an alternative to shoe leather. During Penn State's 2010 Ag Progress Days, set for Aug. 17-19, visitors can be conveyed to the latest research on topics ranging from crop production and pest management to honey bee health and biofuels via free bus tours leaving at regular intervals from the corn crib on Main Street at the Ag Progress Days site. Penn State's Ag Progress Days is held at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, nine miles southwest of State College on Route 45.

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