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Transabdominal Ultrasound for Pregnancy Diagnosis in Reeves' Muntjac Deer
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2014
Transabdominal ultrasound is described as an effective, noninvasive means for assessing reproductive status in Reeves' muntjac deer. These methods can be used to achieve early pregnancy diagnosis and to evaluate fetal viability. Future applications of this technique include estimation of gestational age and effects of maternal disease on fetal development.
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Milk Collection Methods for Mice and Reeves' Muntjac Deer
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2014
Milk collection from animal models facilitates various research avenues: understanding passive immunity, identifying pathogens responsible for vertical transmission and, through the use of transgenic mice, even commercial production of proteins found in human breast milk. Here we illustrate a simple method for milk collection in mice and Reeves’ muntjac deer.
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The Tail Suspension Test
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2012
The tail-suspension test is validated as an experimental procedure to assess antidepressant efficacy of drug treatments in mice. Mice are suspended by their tails for six minutes and escape-related behaviors are assessed. We describe procedures used in conducting the tail suspension test.
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Murine Tail Lymphedema Model: An In Vivo Technique to Generate Sustained Lymphedema in Murine Tail
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2025
This video describes an in vivo technique to generate murine tail lymphedema, an abnormal fluid accumulation in the interstitial tissue space leading to swelling in the tail. The model is applied to study mechanisms and therapy for lymphedema.
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Sampling Blood from the Lateral Tail Vein of the Rat
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2015
Blood samples are useful for assessing biomarkers of physiological states or disease in vivo. Here we describe the methodology to sample blood from the lateral tail vein in the rat. This method provides rapid samples with minimal pain and invasiveness.
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Seasonal changes in daylight provide timing cues for hormonal signals in white-tailed deer. These signals coordinate reproduction, antler growth, and coat development, linking environmental conditions with major stages of the life cycle. Studying this relationship helps biologists examine how external seasonal information is translated into coordinated physiological changes in a mammal.
Sensitive hearing, vision, and smell give these deer several ways to detect threats. Because the three senses provide complementary information, they are relevant to behavioral biology and to understanding how deer respond to their surroundings. Their role is especially useful when researchers examine mammalian behavior rather than focusing only on population numbers or habitat.
As herbivores, white-tailed deer connect vegetation with wider ecosystem processes. Their influence on plant communities can interact with predator-prey relationships and contribute to broader ecosystem dynamics. This makes them useful organisms for studying how the activity of one mammal can be examined alongside plant conditions, predators, and changes occurring across an ecological community.
Studies of white-tailed deer contribute to population ecology, nutrition, disease transmission, mammalian behavior, and wildlife management. Together, these areas span individual biology, interactions among organisms, and decisions about wildlife populations. The species therefore serves as a broad research subject rather than one limited to a single question or biological scale.
Their ability to live in forests, grasslands, agricultural areas, and suburban landscapes allows biologists to consider responses across contrasting environments. Comparing these settings can provide insight into how habitat modification and changing environmental conditions affect a species. The value lies in examining adaptability in relation to real differences among habitats.
Research on these deer supplies biological context for wildlife management by connecting population ecology, nutrition, disease transmission, and behavior. Examining those topics together can help describe the factors affecting deer populations and their ecological relationships. It also shows why management decisions benefit from considering both the animals and the ecosystems in which they occur.