Previous investigations on the karyotype of Cervus dama L. used conventional staining techniques (Gustavsson 1965; Hsu and Benirschke 1967; Wurster and Benirschke 1967; Gustavsson and Sundt 1968) and found a somatic, diploid chromosome number of 2n = 68, XX resp. XY. More recently, fluorescence and banding techniques which allow to differentiate between single chromosomes were used by Neitzel (...

Two species of demodectic mites were described in the red deer Cervus elaphus, including Demodex kutzeri, which had also been found in other species of the Cervidae family in Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland and North America. Whereas the other species, D. acutipes, had been previously known from only one finding in the Czech Republic. The present research included skin samples taken in...

Spiculopteragia asymmetrica is a gastrointestinal nematode frequently found in the abomasum of cervids. During December and February 2010, two red deer were died in Semeskandeh sanctuary in Mazandaran province. Moreover, five live deer from mentioned area were treated by Ivermectin and collected feces of these animals were used for assessment helminthes infection by parasitological met...