Uzgoj običnoga jelena (Cervus elaphus L.) u kontroliranim uvjetima u ograđenom prostoru Šeprešhat | Breeding of Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) in Fenced Controlled Condition of Šeprešhat
2011
Grubešić, Marijan | Urošević, Branko | Mihaljević, Zlatan | Tomljanović, Kristijan
The controlled breeding of wild game has been carried out for many years as part of hunting management programs for commercially important game species. The controlled breeding of red deer in the Šeprešhat polygon is the result of long-term game management in open hunting grounds, scientific research, monitoring the state of game in hunting grounds, and supply and demand. One of the reasons for controlled breeding of red deer in Croatia is certainly the reduction in population abundance of this species in the majority of hunting grounds after the Homeland War. The second reason was the intended aim of increasing the trophy quality of deer game, due to devastation of the gene fund. Issues such as the appearance of disease and parasites (giant liver fluke) demand controlled breeding and production of a healthy population that will replace the loss of the natural population. Research to monitoring growth intervals, body and trophy development, breeding technology and the justification of this type of breeding and protection of red deer was carried out in parallel with the targeted breeding of red deer. The primary objective of management at the Šeprešhat polygon is the breeding of high quality Baranja red deer, with the possibility of distributing high quality breeding stock to other hunting grounds in the Republic of Croatia. The population of red deer in Baranja has very high genetic potential, and for this reason, it was used earlier in relocations to other parts of Croatia, the neighboring countries, and even to New Zealand. Researching the controlled breeding of red deer was carried out in the period 2005-2009 at the Šeprešhat polygon.
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