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Do deer get hoof rot?
« on: July 17, 2013, 07:20:35 AM »
This morning there were four deer in my yard (2bucks :IBCOOL:) and one of the does was limping pretty good.  I'm sure a million things could have happened to it but it got me wondering if deer get the hoof rot too.  Anyone know?

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Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2013, 07:22:47 AM »
Absolutely

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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2013, 07:30:19 AM »
They are a ruminant.  Affected by most of the same things.  However, there are over 40 known causes of hoof deformities in ruminants so saying hoof rot is to general.

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Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2013, 07:42:51 AM »
Maybe a better question would be if they are affected by the same hoof rot as the elk in the sw part of the state. That I don't know.
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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2013, 07:53:36 AM »
Yeah they can get hoof rot, and ingrown hooves.  A lot of times you'll see some nasty feet on swamp bucks.  As far as what the elk have, I have not seen it affect resident deer where > 50% of the elk have bad feet.  To clarify, I have seen deer and elk hanging out in the same fields, on multiple occasions, and the deer do not show the signs that the elk do.     

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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2013, 07:57:55 AM »
Maybe a better question would be if they are affected by the same hoof rot as the elk in the sw part of the state. That I don't know.

My guess is it is highly possible.  However, there I think harder to transmit if blood born.

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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2015, 04:51:53 PM »
This is what my 2015 Muley buck's hooves look like. Hoof rot?

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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2015, 04:59:10 PM »
Here is a pic of the hooves of my 2015 Black Tail.  Thought it was very weird....

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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2015, 05:08:24 PM »
Here is the pic....definitely needs a pedicure...

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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2015, 11:39:43 AM »
I'll be darned.  That looks exactly like a smaller version of Elk hoof rot.  The disease has not been described in deer by the biologists working on the disease as far as I know.  I'd send that photo in to the WDFW elk hoof rot reporting system with a clear description of where you harvested the deer and any other photo's you have.  I'd hope they would take more than just a bit of interest in it.
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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2015, 01:53:05 PM »
Where are the bells for those deer slippers???  :)

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Re: Do deer get hoof rot?
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2015, 02:08:10 PM »
Hoof rot was first observed and being actively studied in Oregon in deer.  I had a study once upon a time but lost it in a computer crash.  Yes deer get hoof rot and if my brain hadn't broke I might remember some of the details from the research I had read.  I stumbled on it searching for information about hoof rot in elk I believe it was a paper written by a biologist at one of the Oregon Universities. 

 


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