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The Cause of Most Common Antler Abnormality is Not a Fracture But an Osteomyelitis Like Disease the Pedunculitis Chronica Deformans
Farkas Sükösd, Istvan Lakatos, Ádám Ürmös…·Zsuzsanna Szőke
The study identifies an osteomyelitis-like disease, Pedunculitis Chronica Deformans, as the cause of common antler abnormalities in fallow deer, linked to mycotoxin exposure from climate change.
DOI 10.1101/2025.02.05.636259