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1 July 1985 EFFECTS OF FLUORIDE INGESTION ON WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS)
J. W. Suttie, R. J. Hamilton, A. C. Clay, M. L. Tobin, W. G. Moore
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Abstract

The effects of the addition of 25 or 50 ppm fluoride (F), as sodium fluoride (NaF), to the rations of 5-mo-old male white-tailed deer were similar to those observed in domestic cattle fed similar amounts of fluoride. The ingestion of 50 ppm F for 2 yr resulted in the accumulation of over 7,000 ppm F in bone ash. Accumulation of fluoride in antlers was extensive and occurred more rapidly than in skeletal tissue. Fluoride ingestion resulted in lesions on the developing incisors that were similar, but not identical to those seen in other species. Increased molar wear in the deer fed 50 ppm F was minimal, and no gross pathology of the mandible was observed. Only mild hyperostosis of the long bones was evident.

Suttie, Hamilton, Clay, Tobin, and Moore: EFFECTS OF FLUORIDE INGESTION ON WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS)
J. W. Suttie, R. J. Hamilton, A. C. Clay, M. L. Tobin, and W. G. Moore "EFFECTS OF FLUORIDE INGESTION ON WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 21(3), 283-288, (1 July 1985). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-21.3.283
Received: 24 September 1984; Published: 1 July 1985
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