Elusive cranial lesions severely afflicting young endangered Patagonian huemul deer

摘要

ObjectivesMost subpopulations of endangered huemul deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus) fail to recover, frequently due to osteopathology. Equivalent pathology was detected only postmortem in an additional deer 365 km further north, stressing the need to improve clinical evaluations of live huemul.