Acute arsenic toxication of a free-ranging white-tailed deer in New York.
An adult, female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) died due to acute arsenic intoxication in an intensively managed northern hardwood forest in northern New York. We hypothesize that the deer licked trees injected with Silvisar 550, which contains monosodium methanearsonate. We believe this is the first report of death of a free-ranging white-tailed deer, due to ingestion of monosodium methanearsonate.
Mathews
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State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse 13210.
Porter
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D000818:Animals; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning; D001152:Arsenicals; D003670:Deer / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning*; D009518:New York
D001152:Arsenicals; D006540:Herbicides; C020300:monomethylarsonic acid