Information about Deer Farm
A deer farm is a fenced piece of land suitable for grazing that is populated with deer raised for the purpose of hunting tourism or as livestock. Similar species such as elk, moose and even reindeer may be farmed in this method as well, sometimes on the same land. This practice is very different from the way such arctic communities like the Laplanders migrate in open country with their herds of reindeer.
The technique has expanded in recent years due to the rising popularity of Venison.
New Zealand is the largest supplier of farm-raised venison. In 2006 New Zealand had approximately 3,500 deer farms, with an estimated 1.7 million deer on them.
Deer are not native to New Zealand. The first deer were brought here from England and Scotland for sport in the mid-late 19th Century, and released mainly in the Southern Alps and foothills. The environment proved ideal and feral populations grew uncontrolled. By the middle of the 20th Century feral deer were regarded as a pest because of their impact on the environment and native forests.
The export of venison from feral deer started in the 1960s, turning a pest into an export earner. Industry pioneers saw an opportunity to build on this base and in the early 1970s started capturing live deer from the wild and farming them. A new industry was born and rapidly spread throughout New Zealand.
New Zealand appears to be free of Chronic Wasting Disease. The New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture undertakes an extensive testing programme which would identify the disease if it occurred in the national deer herd.
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The technique has expanded in recent years due to the rising popularity of Venison.
New Zealand is the largest supplier of farm-raised venison. In 2006 New Zealand had approximately 3,500 deer farms, with an estimated 1.7 million deer on them.
Deer Farming in New Zealand
Deer are the first new animals to be domesticated for over 5,000 years. The large scale commercial farming of deer started in New Zealand, and New Zealand remains the world's largest and most advanced deer farming industry.Deer are not native to New Zealand. The first deer were brought here from England and Scotland for sport in the mid-late 19th Century, and released mainly in the Southern Alps and foothills. The environment proved ideal and feral populations grew uncontrolled. By the middle of the 20th Century feral deer were regarded as a pest because of their impact on the environment and native forests.
The export of venison from feral deer started in the 1960s, turning a pest into an export earner. Industry pioneers saw an opportunity to build on this base and in the early 1970s started capturing live deer from the wild and farming them. A new industry was born and rapidly spread throughout New Zealand.
Fears of Chronic Wasting Disease
Since Chronic Wasting Disease, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy similar to Mad Cow Disease, can pass from wild populations of deer to deer in farms, there has been some fear of contamination of the food supply [1]. Recently, cases of CWD have been found in both farmed and wild cervids in the US and western Canada [http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol10no6/03-1082.htm]. European farms in Scandinavia may also have had several cases. Farmers now have had tests developed especially for the particular species they raise to obtain better results than those used on cattle.New Zealand appears to be free of Chronic Wasting Disease. The New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture undertakes an extensive testing programme which would identify the disease if it occurred in the national deer herd.
External links
- Deer Digest, a newsletter for those in the Deer Farming Industry
- History and Additional Information on Deer Farming
See also
Deer hunting fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. It is generally distinguished from a wall by the lightness of its construction: a wall is usually restricted to such barriers made from solid brick or concrete, blocking vision as well as
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Cervidae
Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamilies
Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae
A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
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Livestock is the term used to refer (singularly or plurally) to a domesticated animal intentionally reared in an agricultural setting to make produce such as food or fibre, or for its labour.
Livestock may be raised for subsistence or for profit.
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Livestock may be raised for subsistence or for profit.
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C. elaphus
Binomial name
Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus, 1758
The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus
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Binomial name
Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus, 1758
Range of Cervus elaphus
The Red Deer (Cervus elaphus
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- For the animal, see moose.
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Odocoileinae
Genus: Rangifer
C.H. Smith, 1827
Species: R. tarandus
Binomial name
Rangifer tarandus
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Genus: Rangifer
C.H. Smith, 1827
Species: R. tarandus
Binomial name
Rangifer tarandus
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Laplander can refer to
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- The Sami people or anyone else living in the area of Lapland; the word is used in English contexts also for the Finnish speaking population in the Finnish Lapland.
- Another name for the Volvo L-3314 series.
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Venison is the culinary name for meat from the family Cervidae. Deer meat, whether hunted or farmed, is termed venison.
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Etymology
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) of deer, elk (wapiti), and moose. TSEs are caused by unusual infectious agents known as prions. To date, CWD has been found mainly in cervids (members of the deer family).
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which infects by a mechanism that surprised biologists upon its discovery in the late 20th century.
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Scandinavia is a historical and geographical region centred on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe which includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
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Deer hunting is the activity or sport of pursuing deer which began as early as 7,000 BC. There are numerous types of deer throughout the world that are hunted, with the white-tailed deer being the most common in North America.
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