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  • Cervus canadensis [underlined]. Banff, Alta. [Alberta] April 24/43 [1943] Breeding:- A number of the cows shot last winter had twin pregnancies. All spike bulls are still with the cow herds while the older bulls are elsewhere. Elk + moose browsing in muskeg at mile 9 + willow swamp at mile 18. - Pellet counts [arrow down] Mile 9. Elk 149 Moose 39 " 18 " 70 " 120. Dead animals [underlined]:- 1 adult bull - too far gone for det.[determining] 1 juv. [juvenile]? " " " " " Feeding:- Actively eating grass in willow swamp at mile 18. 18 mos [months] [male symbol] [arrow right] Stomach contents 48% grass 48% jack pine 4% bearberry. Douglas fir is here a starvation browse. + not used under existing circumstances. Measurements [underlined]:- 2 year old [male symbol], spike L. [Length] 2200 mm [millimetres], tail 130, hf. [hind foot] 630, ear notch 205. Anatomy:- during dissection noted dark brown glandular tissue in tail. Lachrymal pit bore a rust colored secretion that smells like neats foot oil. Parasites:- Ticks mostly gone - perhaps 150 left but denuded patches + many scars show former feeding sites. No lice or louse flies or nose flys. Cysticercus tenuicollis 1 on omentum. Lung worm:- Animal shot through lungs + through trachea - A upon gross examination lung showed raised whitish Marginalia: not confirmed
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