The feed intake and heat production of the young black-tailed deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus columbianus</i>)

Abstract

The feed intake, resting heat production, and growth rate of prepubertal black-tailed deer fawns of both sexes have been studied under captive conditions. Comparisons of these findings with those of other workers on domestic and other wild species are presented. The present results provide some explanation for the unusual growth behavior of this species when reared on a high plane of nutrition.