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A fuzzy velvet antler during summer growth. Velvet antler is the whole cartilaginous antler in a precalcified growth stage of the Cervidae family including the species of deer such as elk, moose, and caribou. Velvet antler is covered in a hairy, velvet-like "skin" known as velvet and its tines are rounded, because the antler has not calcified ...
An antler on a red deer stag. Velvet covers a growing antler, providing blood flow that supplies oxygen and nutrients. Each antler grows from an attachment point on the skull called a pedicle. While an antler is growing, it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone. [6]
6. Broeder CE, et al. New Zealand deer antler velvet and resistance training impact on body composition, aerobic capacity and strength. Med Sci Sports Exercise 2004;36:284–284. 7. Suttie JM, Haines SR. A review of dose levels of deer velvet products in relation to efficacy. AgResearch New Zealand 2004:167-175. Great job tracking those down!
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The study also showed deer-to-deer contact was four times greater at feeders than in food plots. In the study, new, unused feeders were placed in areas known to have CWD.
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), sometimes called zombie deer disease, is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) affecting deer.TSEs are a family of diseases thought to be caused by misfolded proteins called prions and include similar diseases such as BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and scrapie in sheep. [2]
A deer rub describes the abrasions caused by a male deer rubbing his forehead and antlers against the base of a tree. Easy to spot in areas with high deer populations, hunters use them to find ideal locations for hunting. Rubs start to appear in late summer when male deer rub the velvet off their newly acquired antler growth.