CHeRI - Additional Resources
Find essential tools and guidance for deer farming—from health tips and disease prevention to legal regulations, emergency plans, conservation, and foraging.
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Deer Health
*Chronic Wasting Disease Resources are in a separate tab*
- General Deer Health Resources
- Viral Diseases
- Mule Deerpox Virus
- Mule Deerpox Virus Flyer is currently being updated.
- Facts about Wildlife Diseases: SARS-CoV2 in White-Tailed Deer
- CHeRI Vaccine Infographic is currently being updated.
- Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Hemorrhagic Fever in White-Tailed Deer
- Bluetongue
- If Foot-and-Mouth Disease Came to Florida: Potential Impact on White-Tailed Deer in Florida
- Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF)
- Facts about Wildlife Diseases: Warts in White-Tailed Deer (Cutaneous Fibromas)
- Mule Deerpox Virus
- Bacterial Diseases
- Parasites
- Neotropical Deer Ked or Neotropical Deer Louse Fly, Lipoptena mazamae Rondani (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae)
- New World Screwworm
- New World Screwworm flyer is currently being updated.
- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Resources
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Florida Medical Entomology Lab (FMEL) Educational Resources
- Reading Pesticide Labels (pdf) - Informational flyer on how to properly read and use pest control.
- Insecticide Resistance (pdf) - Informational flyer on insecticide resistance, what it is and why it matters.
- Hemorrhagic Diseases (pdf) - A condensed and informative document about hemorrhagic diseases found in deer, like EHDV and BTV.
- Biting Midges, No-See-Ums Culicoides spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
- Legal Aspects of Deer Farming
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Deer Farming - Emergency Preparation
- Hurricane Preparation (pdf)
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Wildlife Conservation
- Evaluating Private Lands for Conservation of Wildlife
- What Is in a Natural Resource Management Plan?
- Improving, Restoring, and Managing Natural Resources on Rural Properties in Florida: Sources of Financial Assistance
- Insect Pest Management Services Provided by Bats
- Land Trusts in Florida: A Brief Guide to Land Trusts to Protect Land
- Managing Conflicts with Wildlife: Living with Panthers
- Managing Conflicts with Wildlife: Living with Alligators
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Wildlife Forages
- Establishing and Maintaining Wildlife Food Sources
- Providing Wildlife Cover
- Calibrating Forage Seeding Equipment
- Factors Affecting Forage Quality
- Management of Pine Forests for Selected Wildlife in Florida
- Managing Oaks to Produce Food for Wildlife
- A Native Growing Season Forage for Wildlife - Teaweed, Sida acuta Burm. f.
- Supplemental Feeding and Food Plots for Bobwhite Quail
- Ten Tips for Encouraging the Use of Your Pine Plantations by Game Species
- Tips for Integrating Land and Wildlife Management: Deer in Forests
- Tips for Integrating Land and Wildlife Management: Deer in Ranchlands (pdf)
- The Value of Oaks to Wildlife
- Cool-Season Forage Variety Recommendations for Florida
- Forage Planting and Establishment Methods on Prepared Seedbed
- Soil Testing
- Fertilizing and Liming Forage Crops
- Perennial Peanut: Forage Nutritional Composition and Feeding Value