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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 13 (1):121-125,
2009. Redacted 2017.
Wig-antler
in a roe deer (Capreolus
capreolus)
Morandi F1a,
Nicoloso S2, Accorsi PA1b, Sarli G1a, Forleo M3,
Bernini D3, Benazzi C1a
1aDepartment of Veterinary Public Health and Animal
Pathology, 1bDepartment of Veterinary Morphophisiology
and Animal Production, University of Bologna;
2D.R.E.Am
Italia, Pistoia; 3Private Practitioner, Via G. Oberdan, Pistoia, Italy.
Morandi F, Nicoloso
S, Accorsi PA, Sarli G, Forleo M, Bernini D, Benazzi C., Wig-antler in a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus), Onl J Vet Res, 13 (1):121-125, 2009. In cervids, antlers
periodically cast and re-grow from protuberances located on the frontal bone.
It is a cyclic process, specific for every cervid
species and related to seasonal fluctuations in circulating sex steroids. Four
years ago, two fawn roe deer were found, set in a private fence and fed goat
milk until weaning. One of them had an arrest in antler growth with velvet
preservation during the first year and did not cast, but had a continuous
growth that gave origin to a voluminous slowly forming cauliflower-like
structure covering the head (s.c.
wig antler roe). The animal progressively stopped feeding and lost condition
until death. No clinical signs indicative of some abnormalities were present
except for the abnormal antler growth. The testicles had descended regularly.
However, plasma testosterone concentrations were lower in the wig antler roe
than in the normal animal and radiography presented anomalies of mineralization
and structure of the antlers.
Key words: wig-antler, roe deer, testosterone,
hypogonadism.
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