| descriptive epidemiology of roe deer mortality in sweden. | a retrospective epidemiologic study was conducted to examine causes of mortality of 985 wild roe deer (capreolus capreolus) submitted to the national veterinary institute (sva; uppsala, sweden) from january 1986 to december 1995. age, sex, body condition, and geographic distribution as related to disease conditions are reported herein. the most common causes of mortality in roe deer were trauma (19%), winter starvation (18%), gastritis/enteritis (15%), bacterial infections (11%), parasitic infec ... | 1999 | 10574535 |