Relationship between diet and liver carcinomas in roe deer in Kielder Forest and Galloway Forest.
The winter diets of roe deer culled from Kielder Forest, in north-east England, where the incidence of liver carcinomas in roe deer is high, and Galloway Forest, in south-west Scotland, where the incidence of liver carcinomas is low, were compared by microhistological analysis of faeces. Both areas are planted with spruce forests but the diets of the deer from Kielder Forest were less varied and contained more spruce and heather than the diets of the deer from Galloway Forest.
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Resource Ecology Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Bornsesteeg 69, NL-6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003670:Deer; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D029791:Ericaceae / Q000009:adverse effects; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D028222:Picea / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology