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Summary of full report
Deer Antler Deer Antler
Velvet Research
in Australia and Overseas
Based on travel reports from Canadian and Thailand Deer Conferences
(The Thailand travel report was not available for the electronic version and is only available in the print version)
by D Walker, D White, R Roubin
April 2001
RIRDC Publication No 01/30
The Corporation supported two representatives from Australia to the Antler Science Symposium and one representative to the Clinical Nutrition Congress and their reports are enclosed.
The Antler Science Symposium provided participants with detailed information sessions including: Antler Biology and Growth Factors, Antler Removal, and Antler Chemistry and Bioactives.
The Symposium clearly showed the significant research on deer antler that continues to be undertaken around the world, including Australia, and provided strong support to the growing acceptance that deer antler cartilage is a substance with significant future medical application potential.
Besides the traditional uses, deer antler is already used as an additive for many commercial foods.
Animal welfare papers clearly demonstrated why electronic analgesia is not considered a suitable alternative to chemical analgesia for velvet removal.
Australian research presented at the Clinical Nutrition Congress in Thailand demonstrated that during the research, patients consuming velvet antler capsules showed no side effects to the velvet antler but did provide symptomatic relief in Osteoarthritis disease by positive changes within affected joints rather than by simply providing analgesia.
This report supports the investment in programs to encourage the production of quality assured Australian velvet antler supported by RIRDC and suggests long term opportunities to improve grower returns from the production of quality assured velvet antler.
This report, a new addition
to RIRDCs diverse range of over 600 research publications, forms part of
our Deer R&D program. It is funded jointly by the industry and the
Federal Government.
 
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