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<blockquote data-quote="Pigsticker" data-source="post: 441670" data-attributes="member: 209">EHD is a real killer and should not be so easily dismissed. Herds don't just get over and rebound from it either. Sure, some areas can develop immunity, but here in the north outbreaks don't happen frequently enough for a herd to develop a strong natural resistance, hence why we keep experiencing die-offs when conditions are right.I have personally witnessed several examples of &quot;stags&quot; a couple years after the EHD outbreak that occurred in our area and around the SW part of the state. These bucks had brittle and bloody, velvet covered antlers well into the rifle season, and shrunken testicles. These are both common conditions that can occur from the lesions that damage the testicles to the point of affecting hormone production. This isn't just a disease that deer survive and move on from, it certainly can have long term implications and negatively affect &quot;potential&quot; breeding bucks years down the road after surviving infection. Who knows what could happen to a does reproductive organs and if they can even maintain fertility...they are not as outwardly obvious as a bucks reproductive health indicators (antlers, testicles, rut activity or lack thereof).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pigsticker, post: 441670, member: 209"] EHD is a real killer and should not be so easily dismissed. Herds don't just get over and rebound from it either. Sure, some areas can develop immunity, but here in the north outbreaks don't happen frequently enough for a herd to develop a strong natural resistance, hence why we keep experiencing die-offs when conditions are right. I have personally witnessed several examples of "stags" a couple years after the EHD outbreak that occurred in our area and around the SW part of the state. These bucks had brittle and bloody, velvet covered antlers well into the rifle season, and shrunken testicles. These are both common conditions that can occur from the lesions that damage the testicles to the point of affecting hormone production. This isn't just a disease that deer survive and move on from, it certainly can have long term implications and negatively affect "potential" breeding bucks years down the road after surviving infection. Who knows what could happen to a does reproductive organs and if they can even maintain fertility...they are not as outwardly obvious as a bucks reproductive health indicators (antlers, testicles, rut activity or lack thereof). [/QUOTE]

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