A study has been made of the relationship existing between heart girth and body weight and hind foot length and body weight of growing Columbian black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus). From the results obtained, a method has been proposed for the assessment of the nutritional status of wild ungulates. This method involves a comparison of ratios of body weight estimated from heart girth to body weight estimated from hind foot length.
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Bandy et al. (1956) studied this question.