
Season 1 · Episode 28
#38 | Deer University - Can supplemental feeding increase disease risk? ft. Miranda Huang
Natural Resources University · Natural Resources University
June 7, 202151m 19s
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Show Notes
Supplemental feeding of deer has become a common practice throughout most of the white-tailed deer's range. Deer biologists often warn of the potential risks of supplemental feeding related to transfer of disease among deer, other wildlife, and people. In this episode we interview Miranda Huang, a graduate student in the MSU Deer Lab, about her research where she quantified disease risk from parasites and aflatoxins. The results were surprising!