Deer farm
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A deer farm is a fenced piece of land suitable for grazing that is populated with deer raised for the purpose of hunting tourism or as livestock. Similar species such as elk, moose and even reindeer may be farmed in this method as well, sometimes on the same land. This practice is very different from the way such arctic communities like the Laplanders migrate in open country with their herds of reindeer.
The technique has expanded in recent years due to the rising popularity of Venison.
[edit] Fears of Chronic Wasting Disease
Since Chronic Wasting Disease, a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy similar to Mad Cow Disease, can pass from wild populations of deer to deer in farms, there has been some fear of contamination of the food supply [1]. Recently, cases of CWD have been found in both farmed and wild cervids in the US and western Canada [2][3]. European farms in Scandinavia may also have had several cases. Farmers now have had tests developed especially for the particular species they raise to obtain better results than those used on cattle.
