Deer Rescue in Tuscany: Retrospective Analysis and Assessment of Radiography Diagnoses
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Province | Roe Deer (n/%) | Fallow Deer (n/%) | Total (n/%) |
---|---|---|---|
Pisa | 53/1070 (5%) | 13/65 (20%) | 66/1135 (5.8%) |
Grosseto | 152/1070 (14.2%) | 19/65 (29.2%) | 171/1135 (15.1%) |
Siena | 510/1070 (47.6%) | 15/65 (23.1%) | 525/1135 (46.3%) |
Florence | 320/1070 (29.9%) | 12/65 (18.5%) | 332/1135 (29.2%) |
Arezzo | 35/1070 (3.3%) | 6/65 (9.2%) | 41/1135 (3.6%) |
Diagnosis Classification | ||
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Traumatic skeletal lesions | Forelimb fracture/luxation | one or more fractures and/or articular luxation affecting the bones of one or both forelimbs |
Hindlimb fracture/luxation | one or more fractures and/or articular luxation affecting the bones of one or both hindlimbs | |
Vertebral fracture/luxation | one or more fractures and/or luxation affecting one or more vertebrae | |
Pelvic fracture/diastasis | one or more fractures of the bones of the pelvis and/or diastasis of the pelvic symphysis | |
Multiple trauma | simultaneous presence of clinically significant injuries to multiple body regions or cavity, compromising the animal’s physiology, including pneumothorax, lung contusion and/or rib fractures | |
Other traumatic lesions | Traumatic shock | animals with clinical signs of hypovolemic shock and/or signs of organ dysfunction due to a traumatic event |
Wounds | superficial, deep, or penetrating wounds | |
Paraplegia | hindlimb paralysis | |
Tetraplegia | forelimb and hindlimb paralysis | |
Head lesions | head trauma: neurological clinical signs of traumatic brain injury skull trauma: one or more fractures of the cranial bones horn base fracture |
Reason for Hospitalization | Roe Deer (n/%) | Fallow Deer (n/%) | Total (n/%) |
---|---|---|---|
Lesions due to vehicle collision (certain or assumed) | 990/1070 (92.6%) | 56/65 (86.1%) | 1046/1135 (92.2%) |
Lesions due to being trapped in nets/fences | 52/1070 (4.8%) | 7/65 (10.8%) | 59/1135/5.2%) |
Lesions due to combine harvesters/gunshot/predation | 28/1070 (2.6%) | 2/65 (3.1%) | 30/1135 (2.6%) |
Outcome | Roe Deer (n/%) | Fallow Deer (n/%) | Total (n/%) |
---|---|---|---|
Survived | 203/1070 (19.0%) | 14/65 (21.5%) | 217/1135 (19.1%) |
Dead | 770/1070 (71.9%) | 45/65 (69.2%) | 815/1135 (71.8%) |
Unknown outcome | 97/1070 (9.1%) | 6/65 (9.3%) | 103/1135 (9.1%) |
Clinical Diagnosis | Roe Deer (n/%) | Fallow Deer (n/%) | Total (n/%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Traumatic skeletal lesions | Forelimb fracture/luxation | 78/1070 (7.8%) | 6/65 (9.2%) | 714/1135 (62.9%) |
Hindlimb fracture/luxation | 153/1070 (14.3%) | 8/65 (12.3%) | ||
Vertebral fracture/luxation | 103/1070 (9.6%) | 3/65 (4.6%) | ||
Pelvic fracture/diastasis | 46/1070 (4.3%) | 7/65 (10.8%) | ||
Multiple trauma | 290/1070 (27.1%) | 20/65 (30.7%) | ||
Other traumatic lesions | Traumatic shock | 171/1070 (16.0%) | 4/65 (6.1%) | 421/1135 (37.1%) |
Wounds | 25/1070 (2.3%) | 3/65 (4.6%) | ||
Paraplegia | 24/1070 (2.3%) | 3/65 (4.6%) | ||
Tetraplegia | 1/1070 (0.1%) | - | ||
Head lesions | 179/1070 (16.7%) | 11/65 (16.9%) |
Radiographic Diagnosis | Roe Deer (n/%) | Fallow Deer (n/%) | Total (n/%) | |
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Traumatic skeletal lesions | Forelimb fracture/luxation | 8/145 (5.5%) | 2/18 (11.1%) | 121/163 (79.1%) |
Hindlimb fracture/luxation | 25/145 (17.2%) | 5/18 (27.8%) | ||
Vertebral fracture/luxation | 26/145 (17.9%) | 3/18 (16.7%) | ||
Pelvic fracture/diastasis | 21/145 (14.5%) | 3/18 (16.7%) | ||
Multiple trauma | 26/145 (17.9%) | 2/18 (11.1%) |
Outcome | Roe Deer (n/%) | Fallow Deer (n/%) | Total (n/%) |
---|---|---|---|
Survived | 6/106 (5.6%) | 2/15 (13.3%) | 8/121 (6.6%) |
Dead | 98/106 (92.5%) | 13/15 (86.7%) | 111/121 (91.7%) |
Unknown outcome | 2/106 (1.9%) | 0/15 (0%) | 2/121 (1.7%) |
Clinical vs. Radiographic Diagnosis | |||
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Categories | Wildlife Ungulates | Accordance | Non-Accordance |
Group A | Roe deer (n/%) | 21/33 (63.6%) | 12/33 (36.4%) |
Fallow deer (n/%) | 6/7 (85.7%) | 1/7 (14.3%) | |
Total (n/%) | 27/40 (67.5%) | 13/40 (32.5%) | |
Group B | Roe deer (n/%) | 3/73 (4.1%) | 70/73 (95.9%) |
Fallow deer (n/%) | 1/8 (12.5%) | 7/8 (87.5%) | |
Total (n/%) | 4/81 (4.9%) | 77/81 (95.1%) |
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Nocera, I.; Puccinelli, C.; Sgorbini, M.; Scoccianti, S.; Aloisi, M.; Biliotti, C.; Citi, S. Deer Rescue in Tuscany: Retrospective Analysis and Assessment of Radiography Diagnoses. Animals 2021, 11, 3087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113087
Nocera I, Puccinelli C, Sgorbini M, Scoccianti S, Aloisi M, Biliotti C, Citi S. Deer Rescue in Tuscany: Retrospective Analysis and Assessment of Radiography Diagnoses. Animals. 2021; 11(11):3087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113087
Chicago/Turabian StyleNocera, Irene, Caterina Puccinelli, Micaela Sgorbini, Simone Scoccianti, Marco Aloisi, Claudia Biliotti, and Simonetta Citi. 2021. "Deer Rescue in Tuscany: Retrospective Analysis and Assessment of Radiography Diagnoses" Animals 11, no. 11: 3087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113087