<p class="title">As many as 31 spotted deer have died at a park near here in the past few days due to indigestion caused by excessive intake of leaves containing toxic amino acid, a Forest Department official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The deer died of excessive consumption of subabul tree leaves, which are rich in protein and have mimusin, a toxic amino acid, since November 1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Too much intake of the leaves had resulted in digestion problems leading to the death of the animals, the official said Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While 17 deer died on November 1, eight perished the next day. Another six died on Saturday. Twenty-five of them were female and some were also pregnant, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were about 180 deer in the park which were taken care of by their keepers. Officials were now keeping an eye on the rest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Postmortem of a couple of deer revealed the cause of the deaths, following which the keepers have been asked not to feed subabul leaves to the remaining, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the official, the keepers overfed the deer in their enthusiasm as the animals ate the leaves with relish.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials were now providing certain type of grass, besides a concoction, including powdered pepper, and drinking water for the rest of the herd as a preventive measure, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Any symptoms of illness would be noticed only after a deer would isolate itself from the group and no deer has done so since Saturday night, she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Therefore, there may not be anymore casualties," the official added. </p>
<p class="title">As many as 31 spotted deer have died at a park near here in the past few days due to indigestion caused by excessive intake of leaves containing toxic amino acid, a Forest Department official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The deer died of excessive consumption of subabul tree leaves, which are rich in protein and have mimusin, a toxic amino acid, since November 1.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Too much intake of the leaves had resulted in digestion problems leading to the death of the animals, the official said Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While 17 deer died on November 1, eight perished the next day. Another six died on Saturday. Twenty-five of them were female and some were also pregnant, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">There were about 180 deer in the park which were taken care of by their keepers. Officials were now keeping an eye on the rest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Postmortem of a couple of deer revealed the cause of the deaths, following which the keepers have been asked not to feed subabul leaves to the remaining, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the official, the keepers overfed the deer in their enthusiasm as the animals ate the leaves with relish.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Officials were now providing certain type of grass, besides a concoction, including powdered pepper, and drinking water for the rest of the herd as a preventive measure, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Any symptoms of illness would be noticed only after a deer would isolate itself from the group and no deer has done so since Saturday night, she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Therefore, there may not be anymore casualties," the official added. </p>