[29] Where only one side is listed, the other was not available. _Table 6.--Pathological conditions in the lower jaws of deer killed by wolves or hunters[30]_ --------:---:------:--------:-----------:----------------------------- Specimen: : :Cause of:Approximate: number :Sex: Age : death : date of : Condition : : : : death : --------:---:------:--------:-----------:----------------------------- _Years_ M-70 M 6-1/2 Wolves Feb. 1968 Lump in left side of mandible near M_1 and M_2 M-192 M 7-1/2 Wolves Jan. 1969 Large lump in left diastema apparently from healed fracture M-206 M 8-1/2 Wolves Jan. 1969 Light necrosis around base of teeth M-218 M 3-1/2 Wolves Feb. 1969 Large lump in left diastema apparently from healed fracture M-228 F 11-1/2 Wolves Mar. 1969 Heavy necrosis around molars and extending into bone; half of each M_3 destroyed, both roots and crown M-236 F 14-1/2 Wolves Feb. 1969 Light necrosis around base of teeth M-402 F 10-1/2 Hunters Nov. 1968 Heavy necrosis and lumps on both sides of mandible --------:---:------:--------:-----------:----------------------------- FOOTNOTES: [30] Not including dental abnormalities, which are described in table 5. The following organs were excised from wolf-killed deer and examined grossly in the field for parasites and abnormalities (fig. 12): lungs (six animals, normal); heart (seven animals, normal); liver (four animals, one small unidentified tapeworm cyst). Twin fetuses were found in each of two adult does examined. Twelve deer were checked for body fat in one or all of the following areas: back (subcutaneous), kidneys, heart, omenta. Of these animals, seven had large amounts of fat, but five were almost depleted of fat from these stores. These five were all killed in February or March 1969; three were fawns, and two were yearlings that had not yet shed their deciduous premolars. Of 69 animals examined for femur marrow condition, two had fat-depleted marrow. One was a fawn killed in March 1969 that had not shed its deciduous first incisors, and the other was a 5-1/2-year-old buck killed in February 1966. A fawn and a yearling that had died in February 1969 from unknown causes also had fat-depleted, marrow. These animals might have been killed by wolves, for wolves had fed on them. However, they could have died from malnutrition and been eaten as carrion. _Table 7.--Pathological conditions in the lower limbs of deer killed by wolves or hunters_