What's wrong with this deer?

[Pine]

This has me a little worried. There is bare skin exposed and you can see the ribs.
Any idea what could be the problem?

[OkKeith]

Looks like Mange or a similar hair loss syndrome. Its usually caused by lice or mites. Results can be over grooming due to skin irritation, hair loss and thickening/ wrinkling of the skin. Defiantly worth a call to the DNR or notification of a Conservation Officer. I would have an accurate description of the location and a copy of the photo ready to give them.

Let us know how it turns out.

OkKeith

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I forget the name of the condition but I forget what its called.  it is caused by mites and is irritated skin which causes them to rub and lose hair.  Northern deer can freeze to death from it.

[Broken Arrows]

This went trough our area about 10 years ago. We lost a lot of deer and they are just now making a come back.

[Trenton G.]

I always heard it was ticks and that was from the deer trying to rub them off. I think Barry Wensel said something about it in his new video too. I don't know if that's the case with that deer though since it looks pretty sickly.

[Pine]

I've had a few people tell me it's a tic problem.
Looks like a bad year for tics.
That kinda makes sense to me.

[58WINTERS]

Chronic wasting disease ????

[monterey]

When CWD goes active it kills them very fast.  They actually die of dehydration.

I don't think a deer dieing of CWD would have time to deteriorate that much.

[David McLendon]

Demodectic Mange

[Mudd]

CWD?

[arrow30]

other than having a bad hair day, and a bad case of fleas and ticks. it looks pretty healthy.

[Bonebuster]

It looks to me that the hair loss is located where the deer can reach with it`s mouth...like it`s pulling the hair itself.

[Joey Ward]

Should see a deermatologist!

Stat!