Characteristics Lifespan: Moose: 15-25yrs: elk: 10-13 yrs Speed: Reindeer: 60-80 km/h; white tailed deer: 48km/h Feeding: Green grass, apples, backberries etc. Location: Hardwoods, coniferous and tropical forests.
Morphology and Behavior Colour : Tan/brown/grayish brown Antlers: All males but only reindeer family female has antlers Weight: 150-300 pounds in males 90-200 pounds in female Behavior: Superior senses and long olfactory system. 60 times as many olfactory sensors than humans. Vocal sound: Bleat, snort/wheeze
Continued Male-Female: Male called bucks Female called does Offsprings called fawns Litter size : 2/3 fawns Self defence : Using antter Sexual bevavior : Bucks will use their antters to height over deos . Gestation: Moose: 243d Reindeer: 222 d Elk: 240-262 day
Difference Between Male and Female Buck has antlers but absent in does Buck has a shorter snout foreneck where's, buck has more of a flat shaped head between ears
Diseases and Treatment Chronic wasting disease Blue tongue disease Lyme disease 5 Deadly disease: Chronic wasting disease Hemorrhagic disease Bovine tuberculosis Brain abscess Screw worm and other parasites Treatment: Antibiotic against bacterial disease Anthelmintics against worms
Restraining Baited box traps, manually restrained and hand injected with a combination of Telazol and Xylazine (IM) Telazol (0.16 mg/kg) and Xylazine (0.05 mg/kg) Ketamine HCl (IV) Reversals were achieved by Yohimbine HCl (0.22 to 0.40 mg/kg)