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WHITETAIL PINES DEER FARM FEATURE STORY

DOE MANAGEMENT AND FAWNING KITS Preparing Now for a Successful Spring

BY Dr. Kelsey DeLand

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WELCOME! PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I am writing to all of you while starting a new year. I can’t help but look back at the past year for a moment and be very thankful for the success the deer industry has seen over the last 12 months. Sales of both breeding stock and hunt bucks was very strong all year and many of the ranches I spoke with had a banner year of hunters success as well.

As I look forward to this new year, I am excited to see that consumer shows, conventions and auctions are taking place again. People need people and our economy needs the business. As I write this letter the top 30 sales is just starting, The set up for the ATA show in Louisville is beginning and your UDFoM board is working hard at getting the Michigan convention put together to make it the best deer convention yet.

Please save the date of March 4th & 5th 2022 and come to the Soaring Eagle for a couple of days of fun, entertainment and fellowship with many other deer breeders from around the country.

We are always in need of donations for this event and we would appreciate all the help you can give. We also have some great booth packages for advertising your genetics to other deer farmers.

I wish all of you a blessed year and look forward to seeing all of you at the UDFoM convention in March.

UDFoM President Doug Roberts

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DOE MANAGEMENT AND FAWNING KITS PREPARING NOW FOR A SUCCESSFUL SPRING Greetings from Monroe County, Michigan!

My name is Dr. Kelsey DeLand, and I am a mixed animal veterinarian practicing in Ida. I graduated from Michigan State’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2016 and returned home to work with my father in a veterinary practice that my grandfather started in 1947. I enjoy many aspects of mixed animal practice, but I have a developing interest in small ruminant and cervid medicine. I hope to share some tips and tricks I have picked up along the way and look forward to learning from all of you as well!

January and February are the ideal months to be proactive about the upcoming busyness that is fawning season. Ensuring your does are well-settled in their pens, free of parasites, and receiving good nutrition all make for a healthy gestation. Once your does are settled, make sure your fawning kit is ready to go: I’ve compiled my list of preferred items below.

Preparing the Does • Penning: Ideally, does should be in the pens in which they will fawn at least 60 days prior to fawning. It’s best to sort does into fawning pens based on temperament: mixing more dominant does with more submissive does during pregnancy is a recipe for condition loss and potentially even abortions.

• Parasites: Having does’ fecal samples for parasite eggs is also a smart thing to do before fawning, as medications can be given proactively to help does maintain condition and prevent passage of parasites to fawns.

• Nutrition: Proper nutrition is paramount during gestation. Maintaining an ideal body condition is dependent on both ambient temperature and feed type/availability: does that get over-fat in warmer winters may be subject to dystocia (difficult birthing) when fawning time arrives.

Preparing for Fawns: The Ideal Fawning Kit • Colostrum - There is nothing more vital for the success of any fawn than ensuring they obtain colostrum in the first 24 hours of life. Most of the fawn’s immune system is derived from the antibodies they obtain from their mother’s colostrum. Ideally, fawns should be able to nurse within the first hour

of life. If the doe does not have any colostrum, or she cannot be milked, frozen colostrum from another doe or from a disease-free goat herd can be used. Powdered colostrum replacers offer some antibody protection; however, they are inferior to on-farm or local goat-based frozen options. A great tip I recently learned was to freeze colostrum in ice-cube trays for quick and easy thawing without waste: a standard-sized ice cube is approximately one ounce in volume.

• Tube feeding supplies (14 French red rubber catheter and a 60 cc (2 ounce) catheter-tipped syringe) - If a fawn is not seen nursing within the first 8-12 hours after delivery, I would recommend tube feeding colostrum immediately. Your veterinarian should be able to guide you in the proper placement of feeding tubes to prevent aspiration pneumonia: there are also many helpful videos online. Fawns should be fed two to four ounces of colostrum every four to six hours for the first day of life.

Colostrum replacers must be mixed to the correct concentration and temperature before feeding, and mixing equipment should be disinfected daily.

• Probiotic Supplements – I am a big fan of probiotic gels in newborn animals of any species: they are beneficial in preventing diarrhea while increasing the digestibility of milk and milk replacers. Probios© is the brand most widely available: I dose based on weight using the cattle dosage listed on the tube.

• Navel Dip or Spray – I prefer 0.5% chlorhexidine solution, but any commercially prepared navel dip or spray is adequate.

Make sure the navel area is clean and dry before applying the dip/spray.

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administer injectable Vit. E/Selenium products to every newborn foal/calf/ fawn/kid/lamb I see. For fawns, I give 0.5 cc of BoSe© subcutaneously.

• Injectable Antibiotics – Fawns – especially those who are weak or don’t get colostrum– are extremely susceptible to pneumonia. Mild symptoms can progress to death rapidly in young animals: I highly recommend consulting with your veterinarian to have a medication plan in place for emergency treatment of pneumonia.

Many antibiotics that work on one farm may not work on another - keeping track of what medications work on your farm year to year, as well as necropsies if death rates are high - are highly valuable tools in determining the best options for treatment.

There are many components of a successful fawning season: I hope these tips are helpful in making Spring 2022 one of your best yet.

Dr. Kelsey DeLand

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CAPTURE MYOPATHY

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lthough Capture Myopathy is technically classified as a non-infectious disease found in wild animals, it’s actually more of a condition, said Jason Edmondson, owner of Haven Wood Farm in Wilsonville, Alabama and Field Representative for Wildlife Pharmaceuticals. Due to stressful conditions associated with darting, capture, restraint and transport of deer, those that experience Capture Myopathy lose motor function and muscle control from overexertion, quiver, pant and in usually every single case, die. “Anybody in the deer business has had to deal with it,” Edmondson said. “They can die within minutes or even up to two months later. And it isn’t always from restraint and transporting. It can be from hitting a fence or being chased by dogs.”

Coming from a professional background of flying over herds of animals in helicopters in Texas, dropping nets over them and consequently wrestling them to the ground (with their full senses and flight or fight instincts intact), Edmondson, 48, learned through comparison that whitetail deer do not take well and do not survive if not handled much more delicately and deliberately in the capture and restraint process. There is no cure for Capture Myopathy. Prevention is the only way to avoid it. “It’s pretty simple to avoid capture myopathy,” explained Kevin Grace, owner of Clear Dart LLC in Eldon, Missouri. “If deer are excessively panting, you cannot dart them, or you will kill them. Once they start to get too hot, you’ve got to quit. It doesn’t matter how much you need to get done that day. You’ve got to quit.”

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According to internet information provided by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Capture Myopathy can affect a wide variety of ungulates from whitetail deer, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, pronghorn antelope, bison, moose and even elk. Mammals from coyotes to primates, wild birds such as bald eagles as well as fish and amphibians have even been known to suffer from it. Based off internet information from The Deer Industry Association of Australia, Capture Myopathy can manifest itself in four ways:

darting and transport much safer, as xylazine has been known to raise the body temperature of deer and cause hyperthermia. In addition, having deer pens or areas conducive for darting is also a necessity.

One of the most intelligently and effectively designed pens (and least stressful methods) for darting deer can actually be found at Grace’s farm, according to Edmondson. At his farm Whitetail Sales LLC, a solid wall pen approximately 100 feet long X 50 feet wide and 12 feet tall doubles as a feeding site for his bucks. By regularly feeding his bucks within the solid wooden wall enclosure, Grace ensures they are comfortable in this surrounding. Then, on darting day, Grace climbs up steps found outside 1. Peracute Capture Myopathy – Death the pen and from up above darts his selected bucks, without ever having can occur in a matter of minutes due to set foot inside the pen. Once these to potassium release from damaged bucks go down, he opens the gate muscles. remotely and lets the others out.

2. Acute Capture Myopathy – This is a less severe form with the affected animal “lingering” before death, which usually occurs in 24-48 hours.

3. Sub-Acute Capture Myopathy – An even lesser form in which acidosis causes muscle and kidney damage.

Urine may be dark brown with death occurring within a few days.

4. Chronic Capture Myopathy – An animal may survive for several days or months but will often suddenly die from a heart attack.

In an effort to avoid Capture Myopathy, prepare well ahead of time and always choose cooler days to dart and transport deer. When Edmondson is called to a farm for darting and transport, he makes a habit of first observing the herd to spot which deer are the most flighty or easiest to startle. Those deer get darted first so as to not “stir up” the rest of the herd. He also feels avoiding certain drugs such as xylazine can make

“The number one thing is to always keep them calm through the process,” Edmondson explained. “This type of pen and darting method works extremely well for that.” Edmondson also feels the reversal process of darting is easier on deer when two of them wake up together, as having a “buddy” provides comfort. Although it may come down to spending additional money or taking additional time when working deer to avoid Capture Myopathy, it’ worth it. “A dead animal is worth nothing to anybody,” Edmondson said. “You’ve come this far. Don’t lose your investment in haste.”

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PERSEVERING IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MICHAEL

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fter 150 mile an hour winds from Hurricane Michael ripped apart Bear Creek Mine Preserve in Quincy, Florida, Manager Kaleb Ellis spent the better part of two weeks working in overdrive cleaning up from the devastation of the massive Category 5 hurricane when it made landfall on October 10th, 2018.

His non-stop efforts included clearing preserve trees, mending fences, rounding up deer and assessing damage. Like others affected by the storm, it was a painstaking and exhausting 24/7 endeavor. Ellis only paused from those efforts briefly, to clear a tree ready to fall on his own house. Close to two weeks later, when he was able to finally exhale and think for just a mere moment only about himself, he drove 20 minutes to an untouched, unravaged part of Quincy to The Laredo Grill, and ordered his favorite meal. Now, with a plate steaming steak fajitas in front of him, he reached down for his favorite comfort food that always included sauteed peppers and onions.

However, as he attempted to eat he stopped, his appetite overtaken by emotion. Choking back tears, the reality hit him hard that only 20 minutes from there, houses were flattened. People were homeless.

Deer farms suffered massive damage and devastation. That only a mere 20 minutes away, deer farmers had been forced to look into the eyes of some of their beloved deer too injured from this inescapable storm to ever stand up again, and “do right” by them to end their suffering. To say goodbye to deer they knew so well, fed every day and attached dreams to. Among everything that Ellis had faced after the storm, losing deer was by far the roughest.

Yet, many more deer survived than

perished in the storm either by running away or laying down and low and waiting for it to pass. And many deer came right back home the within a day or two looking for breakfast, along with the care and shelter they were accustomed to. “We didn’t lose more than 15 or 20 deer,” said Daniel Bontrager of Bontrager Whitetails in Marianna, Florida. “Our big barn stood intact and had so many trees around it, that it was buffered from the wind.

I’m grateful I didn’t lose my house or my lodge. When it’s all over, you can’t count what you lost. You need to count what you have.”

Having adequate supplies such as fencing, wood posts, ample chain saws, generators and manpower enabled Florida deer farmers such as Ellis, Bontrager and Jared Deason from Sweetwater Plantation to start work immediately fixing the damage.

However, those supplies weren’t available in Florida in the immediate aftermath. Most came by way of preserve owner Jason Edmondson in Alabama. “Jason called us and said, ‘what do you need?” Deason explained. “He brought t-posts, extra fencing, wood posts, fuel and extra chain saws all on his dime. He didn’t charge for delivery. He just said, ‘here are my receipts.’ We need to give a big “shout out” to him for helping us so much.”

or deer pens,” Bontrager said. “And if you know a storm is coming, go out and take down your shade cloth. That can pull fences right down with it. Yes, it took you a long time to put it up, but you are better off taking it down.”

All three men can’t stress enough the need to be prepared with adequate drinking water, generators and other supplies to get by (as well as machinery on stand-by to help clear fallen trees or rebuild fences) should a storm be predicted and subsequently happen. With chances being very slim that a storm the magnitude of Hurricane Michael (the third most powerful in history) will hit Florida anytime in the near future, none of them are planning to move out of Florida either. “I’ve never thought of moving,” Deason said.

“Our regulations are better than most states and Florida is a good state for deer farming. Our agencies are so supportive. We have better weather overall year-round. Our hunting season is August through February.

And there’s never any snow with Florida hunting.”

With the storm now far behind them, Ellis, Bontrager and Deason all feel on a scale of one to 10, that their farms have recovered to the extent of about a “nine.” Remaining work still includes clearing trees and thick brush within the preserve that still remain where the storm put it. Because of initial extensive fence damage due to trees falling on them, all three men share an important lesson learned from Hurricane Michael. “Don’t plant trees closer than 60 feet from your fences UDFoM 2021-2022

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Whitetail Pines Farm – Destined to Produce Top-Quality Whitetails By: Gail Veley - Sponsored by UDFOM

Morgan’s intuition and “calling” in starting a deer farm was a natural and easy decision to make in January of 2021, after taking a job transfer and buying a house on 90 acres in Gladwin, Michigan from former deer farmer Kyle Kigar. Soon Morgan, 33, was reflecting back on his experiences growing up on a family farm in his native Michigan state. While he had spent his years as a child helping to raise cows, goats, sheep and pigs, he had never raised whitetail deer. Yet, he certainly knew the long hours, hard work and unwavering dedication involved in raising and caring for livestock. He had even worked as an exercise rider at a racetrack when he was 13 years old, learning firsthand how precarious a horse’s health and soundness could be.

At Morgan’s newly bought homestead, a substantial amount of erected high fence was still there. “I was going to use it at first as a pen for my dogs,” Zack said. “But the pens were so big, almost too big. So, I started talking with Emily about deer farming.” Emily, 31, his wife of nine years, understood Zack’s reasoning and seemed ready, along with their two daughters, to start the adventure with him.

Today, Emily and Zack, who are both currently active in The Army National Guard, spend their time loving and raising typical deer, and plan to also raise non-typical deer as things fall further into place down the road. Having bought their first deer from well-known deer farmer Eckert, genetics from Too Easy, Lights Out, King James, End Zone and Triple Crown flow through the family trees of the deer found at Whitetail Pines Deer Farm. While the farm is currently 10 acres in size, Morgan’s future plans include farm expansion and perhaps even the purchase of additional property to start a hunting preserve.

Six-year-old Elle held out her little hand to a fragile, weekold doe fawn stricken with clostridium. The inquisitive, tiny bleating doe seemed immediately smitten and trusting of her.

Knowing her odds of survival were perhaps slim, Elle’s father Zack Morgan (along with Kyle Eckert of BR2 Whitetails, the farm where the fawn was born) wanted to nurture the struggling newborn as vehemently as he nurtured his daughter’s fledging passion. Soon Elle was bringing apples to her “Peaches,” the fawn’s given name, and gladly spending every moment she could next to Morgan’s side, helping him care for their deer. Today, 60-pound Peaches still thinks she’s a “lap deer” and tries to climb in if you’re sitting down, Morgan shared.

Morgan is very grateful for the help and mentoring he has received from the likes of Kyle Kigar and Kyle Eckert. He is also grateful to have found Dr. Pol, also known as The Amazing Dr. Pol with 20 seasons of a National Geographic television show under his belt, to be his farm veterinarian.

“I’m very glad we’re involved in the deer industry,” Morgan said. “We look forward to forming meaningful relationships with many more deer farmers.”

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In an effort to increase the knowledge and understanding of the genetics of privately-owned whitetail herds and their susceptibility to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (MDARD) Animal Industry Division (AID) offered a grant opportunity for CWD herd testing to interested whitetail deer farmers last fall. This April, when Round One is completed, should funding still allow, grant opportunities may once again be available, according to information provided

by State Veterinarian and AID Division Director Dr. Nora Wineland. Questions regarding application forms can be directed to MDARD-Cervid@Michigan.gov.

As of last year’s November 15th, 2021 deadline, six farms had signed up to participate. “These numbers are encouraging given this was offered during one of the busiest times of the year for producers,” Dr. Wineland said. “To allow for additional farms to participate, we extended the deadline and are reaching out to producers to encourage more participation.”

Participating farms have until April 18th, 2022, to submit tissue samples and are only responsible for purchasing tissue tubes, collecting and shipping samples. The remainder of the process is free-of-charge.

MDARD was awarded approximately $150,000 in cooperative agreement funding for CWD testing from The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

In light of the attention given to farmed cervid CWD management and response activities, it was a welcomed and significant step to conduct genomic analysis with an end goal to reduce the susceptibility of CWD in Michigan’s privately-owned whitetail deer, Dr. Wineland explained. Privately owned cervid farms with whitetail deer enrolled in the USDA’s CWD Herd Certification Program are eligible to test 18 deer within the herd.

Herds that do not participate in the program will be eligible to test nine deer. All participating farms are also required to be licensed as a full breeding facility under

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the Privately Owned Cervidae Producers Marketing Act. Vast research through the years by professionals within the whitetail deer industry, has demonstrated that genomic prediction, coupled with selective breeding, can reduce whitetail deer susceptibility to CWD. “MDARD’s Animal Industry Division would very much like to work with breeding facilities to perform genetic predictions in Michigan farmed whitetails,” Dr. Wineland said. The CWD testing itself will be done at the North American Deer Registry (NADR). Producers do not need to be members of NADR to participate in this grant opportunity. “At the conclusion of testing, producers will receive genomicallyestimated breeding values for differential susceptibility to CWD and direct guidance on selective breeding for reduced susceptibility,” Dr. Wineland said. Should a deer selected for testing die, become harvested or sold, a tissue sample must still be submitted, however, participants must give the MDARD permission to share the results with the NADR. Keeping UDFoM members informed about news such as this, routinely falls on the shoulders of UDFoM Legislative Chair Gina Bozzer, an attorney by trade for the past 22 years. Bozzer maintains a close and committed relationship with Karoub and Associates in Lansing, Michigan, the lobbying firm responsible for keeping UDFoM members apprised of the latest happenings within Michigan legislative branches. “We also have a separate legislative sub-committee that participates in meetings such as those at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources or Department of AG in an effort to keep our pulse on what is happening,” Bozzer said. A portion of funds raised at UDFoM auctions pays for the ongoing work of Karoub and Associates. “We are very grateful for that,” she said.

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As the year is coming to an end it was nice to see the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act pass the House! We are looking forward to equal success in the Senate!

“On behalf of deer farmers and their families, I want to thank Representatives Kind and Thompson for getting this legislation passed through the House of Representatives. As an industry, we have been fighting CWD each day and advocating for more research funding for years. Working together with our partner organizations we now have legislation to combat this disease. NADeFA applauds our sponsor’s leadership and the House passage of HR 5608, we now look forward to working with the Senate to ensure this bill becomes law. CWD is a constant worry our agricultural sector faces daily, however, this legislation will help save the family farm and the rural communities who depend upon our industries,” said Shawn Schafer, Executive Director North American Deer Farmers Association.

Shawn Schafer • Executive Director another hunting season, it’s clear that CWD cases continue to climb, and it’s popping up in new areas in many states.

It’s time to step up and help wildlife managers and researchers deal with this disease to help slow the spread and prevalence of CWD across the country.

Time is of the essence,” said Nick Pinizzotto, National Deer Association President and CEO.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson and Ron Kind’s (D-WI) bipartisan H.R. 5608, the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act, passed the House of Representatives. This bill will help combat Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) by funding research and supporting state and tribal efforts to develop and implement management strategies.

Management Act reflects the incredible need for resources to stop the spread of the disease on behalf of our wild deer herds and hunting opportunities,” says Whit Fosburgh, president and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a contagious, neurological disease affecting cervids – deer, elk, and moose – that is always fatal. There is no known cure for CWD and it’s unclear how the disease is transmitted. As of December 2021, CWD has been confirmed in 27 states and there are serious concerns it will continue to spread to herds across the country.

“On behalf of deer farmers and their families, I want to thank Representatives Kind and Thompson for getting this legislation passed through the House of Representatives. As an industry, we “Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) have been fighting CWD each day and applauds Representatives Ron Kind advocating for more research funding for and Glenn Thompson for introducing years. Working together with our partner bipartisan legislation that will fund organizations we now have legislation to cooperative management and research of combat this disease. NADeFA applauds Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) between our sponsor’s leadership and the House United States Department of Agriculture passage of HR 5608, we now look and state wildlife management agencies forward to working with the Senate to and departments of agriculture. CWD ensure this bill becomes law. CWD is a represents one of the greatest threats to constant worry our agricultural sector deer, elk and other wild cervid species in faces daily, however, this legislation will the United States and in turn threatens help save the family farm and the rural our hunting traditions. Each year millions communities who depend upon our of Americans hunt deer and other related industries,” said Shawn Schafer, Executive big game species and each season more Director North American Deer Farmers hunters in the field face the threat of Association.

CWD and the serious implications it “The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation presents for feeding our families and supports the Bipartisan Chronic Wasting pursuing our outdoor traditions,” said Disease Research and Management John Gale, Conservation Director Act as an important acceleration in Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. our national fight against this deer “Chronic wasting disease threatens our and elk disease. Supporting state and country’s native deer species, as well as tribal efforts to detect and manage the the role of deer hunting in our outdoor disease locally, as well as develop new heritage. We appreciate the ongoing practical solutions through targeted leadership of Reps. Kind and Thompson research is an important advancement. in addressing this critical need,” said We want to commend the leadership of Boone and Crockett Club President James Representatives Kind and Thompson and F. Arnold. thank our fellow conservation partners for keeping a laser focus on these on-the“As the numbers are rolling in from ground solutions,” said Blake Henning, across the country this winter after Chief Conservation Officer RMEF.

“The U.S. House of Representatives today recognized just how important it is to better understand the diagnosis, transmission and spread of Chronic Wasting Disease among deer populations, in Pennsylvania and across the country,” Rep. Thompson said. “There is certainly urgent need for research and management efforts, and I thank my colleagues who supported this bill along with the many stakeholders who share the common goal of eradicating this disease.”

This legislation was introduced October 19, 2021 and has received a wave of support: “The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) applauds the House for moving quickly to pass the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act – a thoughtful, bipartisan, and meaningful piece of legislation to combat one of the most pressing wildlife conservation challenges, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD),” said CSF President and CEO Jeff Crane.

“This swift bipartisan passage of the Chronic Wasting Disease Research and

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“Chronic wasting disease threatens not only white-tailed deer, elk, mule deer, moose, and caribou, but the ecosystems and outdoor economies that rely upon healthy wildlife populations,” said Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation.

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term goal setting. At least two Letters of Reference from non-relatives are also required from each applicant, as well as satisfactory G.P.A.’s.

Begun in 2014, the scholarship was named in memory of Pollock, who passed away after a long battle with cancer and also in memory of Iwaniec, another long-time supporter of UDFoM who died unexpectedly. “We feel this scholarship is

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