The deer was in adequate nutritional status. The forestomachs contained moderate amounts of dry ingesta. Multifocal areas of both pallor and hemorrhage were present in muscles of the hindlimbs, forelimbs, epaxial and sublumbar muscles as well as the diaphragm. Lesions were bilateral but not symmetrical. Affected muscles appeared drier than normal. The heart was grossly unaffected. Bilaterally the kidneys were characterized by focally extensive black discoloration extending superficially through the cortex and involving as much as 75% of the cortical surface. The bladder contained a moderate amount of red-brown colored urine.