Observation of dystocia in wild elk

Chad P. Lehman; Lowell E. Schmitz; Mark A. Rumble; Jackie J. Kragel; Joshua J. Millspaugh

doi:10.3398/064.072.0214

Observation of dystocia in wild elk

Chad P. Lehman, Lowell E. Schmitz, Mark A. Rumble, Jackie J. Kragel, Joshua J. Millspaugh

W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

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On the basis of reports in the literature, incidence of dystocia in wild elk (Cervus elaphus) across the west is rare. In 2011, one of 34 (3%) pregnant cow elk in our study experienced dystocia during birth. Our visual observations indicated that it took approximately 4 days for a radio-collared cow elk to succumb to dystocia in our study. Little is known about dystocia in wild elk populations, and our observation provides some insight about fetal malpresentations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	250-251
Number of pages	2
Journal	Western North American Naturalist
Volume	72
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3398/064.072.0214
State	Published - Aug 2012

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