They also sampled tissue from deer killed by hunters in the same area, to get an idea of the infection rate in the general population.

他们还提取同一地区被猎人捕杀的黑尾鹿的身体组织样本，以了解一般种群中此类疾病的感染率。

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Since the deer generally do not have obvious symptoms, hunter-killed deer would have close to a random chance of being infected.

由于通常情况下，鹿并没有明显症状，被猎人打死的鹿被感染的机会将近乎随机。

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Additionally, several thousand deer are killed during collisions with vehicles each year.

另外，每年也有几千只鹿丧生车轮之下。

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So far this year 49 deer have been killed in road accidents, compared to 69 last year and 39 in 2009.

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They brought five newly killed deer to the feast which, if it had truly indulged the Pilgrims' tastes, should also have featured plenty of beer.

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However, years when neither I nor my father killed a deer were much tougher economically.

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