BDVA Position Statements
Capture Myopathy – The BDVA has written a position statement regarding the phenomenon of capture myopathy in deer. The position statement is freely available and details the clinical presentation and considerations for colleagues who may have to deal with deer at risk of developing myopathy.
BVDA Public Consultation Responses
Managing Deer for Climate and Nature: Consultation (gov.scot – March 2024). The consultation may be found here. The proposed text for responses to theme 6 (kept and farmed deer) is given below. BDVA members are encouraged to make their own submissions to the Consultation.
BDVA Newsletters – Publicly Available
Some BDVA newsletters have been made publicly available if their contents are felt to be of particular interest for clinicians who may be involved in deer:
November 2024 BDVA Newsletter – Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus
September 2024 BDVA Newsletter – Bluetongue 3 Vaccines
Available Archived Veterinary Deer Society Presentations
Alex Barlow has kindly provided access to the following presentations which are from Veterinary Deer Society meetings where Alex was representing APHA (formerly the VLA). Withstanding the date when these presentations were made, colleagues with an interest in diseases of deer will hopefully find them to be useful.
Useful Websites
The following list is a series of external websites that may be useful to clinicians who deal with deer:
British Veterinary Association (BVA)
Animal Plant and Health Agency – OV Instructions – Tuberculosis in Deer
- The British Deer Society publication “Deer” is a very useful publication with multiple authors for those who with to read more about wild deer and news affecting all UK cervidae.
British Deer Farm and Park Association (BDFPA)
The Deer Initiative (DI) – Best Practice Guides
Reindeer Health Aide Memoire PDF (University of Alaska Fairbanks)