The Most Common Antler Abnormality: A Misunderstood Disease?
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People who enjoy deer hunting or watching wildlife often admire antlers as symbols of health, strength, and good genetics. When antlers grow in strange, uneven, or incomplete ways, most believe it’s due to past injuries. But new research offers a different explanation—one that could change how we understand deer health across Europe and other regions.
Scientists led by Dr. Farkas Sükösd from the University of Szeged, along with a large team mainly from the Hungarian University of Agriculture...