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... Weak calves may not survive the lean period A weak calf that died peacefully in its sleep The fit hinds are strong enough to survive The majority of calves also survive 86 88 88 89 Deer parasites Nasal bot - fly grubs in a side 11.
... Weak calves may not survive the lean period A weak calf that died peacefully in its sleep The fit hinds are strong enough to survive The majority of calves also survive 86 88 88 89 Deer parasites Nasal bot - fly grubs in a side 11.
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... weak beast , the threshold of resistance lowered , parasitic infestation may build up sufficiently to become ' the ... Calves seem particularly vulnerable ; many dead calves were annually found to harbour a fairly high level of some of ...
... weak beast , the threshold of resistance lowered , parasitic infestation may build up sufficiently to become ' the ... Calves seem particularly vulnerable ; many dead calves were annually found to harbour a fairly high level of some of ...
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... calf's death . Such very heavy infestations are fortunately rare , though twenty to thirty are common enough in deer calves in my experience and surely cannot help a weak calf in its struggle to live . The calves of the red deer seem to ...
... calf's death . Such very heavy infestations are fortunately rare , though twenty to thirty are common enough in deer calves in my experience and surely cannot help a weak calf in its struggle to live . The calves of the red deer seem to ...
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List of monochrome illustrations | 9 |
SUMMERRenaissance to the RoaringTime | 17 |
AUTUMNThe RoaringTime | 44 |
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annual antler growth apparently areas beast bellow birch birth bone Caledonian Canal cast antlers chewing the cud coat of summer coire conifers coolness coronet dappled dead deer forests early eyes fence flies foreleg frontal bone glen bottom golden eagle grazing grubs habitat head and antlers head and neck heather herd of hinds high ground Highland deer Highland red deer hill hind leg human June knobber larvae late licking liver fluke lochan lower glens lungworm lying March master mature stags months mortality mother nasal bot-fly nine-pointer nose obviously October once parasites peat hag peat wallow pedicle pharynx rarely red deer calf red deer hind Red deer stags ridge roar rubbing season seemed seen sheep shelter skull spring stag's stalker survive thick trees twins usually velvet warble-fly watched weak calf weight winter coat wire young hind young stags