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A brief history of the International Deer Biology Congress

László I. Sugár A * , Jo Anne M. Smith-Flueck https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3973-0564 B C and Gordon McL. Dryden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2796-266X D E
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A Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Guba S. u. 40, Kaposvár 7400, Hungary.

B Laboratorio de Teriogenología ‘Dr Héctor H. Morello’, IBAC-CITAAC, Fac. Cs. Agrarias, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Cinco Saltos, Río Negro 8303, Argentina.

C Fundación Shoonem, Alto Río Senguer, Chubut U9033, Argentina.

D School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld 4343, Australia.

E Dryden Animal Science, Summerholm, Qld 4341, Australia.

* Correspondence to: Sugar.Laszlo@uni-mate.hu

Handling Editor: Wayne Bryden

Animal Production Science 63(16) 1564-1572 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN23311
Submitted: 17 September 2023  Accepted: 2 October 2023   Published: 30 October 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

The quadrennial International Deer Biology Congresses reflect the world-wide interest in the ecology, biology, and conservation biology of deer and use of cervine products. The origins and development of the International Deer Biology Congress are described in this article.

Keywords: antler science, cervine products, cervids, deer behaviour, deer conservation, deer distribution, deer ecology, deer management, deer nutrition, deer physiology, deer reproduction, ethology, evolution, feeding behaviour, genetics, mineral nutrition, phylogeny, Traditional Asian medicine, venison products.

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