• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Sarcoma in an Aged White-Tailed Deer
  • Contributor: Kistner, Theodore P.; Hayes, Frank A.
  • imprint: The Wildlife Society, 1971
  • Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 0022-541X; 1937-2817
  • Keywords: Briefer Articles
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  • Description: <p>A highly undifferentiated sarcoma was encountered in the left rear leg of a wild female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) that had died at a minimum age of 11 years. The neoplasm had metastasized to the left inguinal lymph node, both adrenal glands, kidneys, liver, and lungs. The ear-tagged animal had been captured 10 years earlier by the remote delivery of alkaloidal nicotine. Speculation was presented concerning possible inciting agents of the tumor.</p>