MATUŠKOVÁ, Rebeka: Occurrence of ectoparasites of deer ked Lipoptena cervi in forest deer in selected hunting areas of the hunting area J IX Orava. [Thesis]. Technical university of Zvolen. Faculty of Forestry, Department of Applied Zoology and Game Management. Thesis supervisor: doc. DVM. Dusan Rajsky, PhD. Zvolen, 2019.The thesis deals with the issue of the ectoparasite of the deer ked frog in the examined hunted deer in selected three adjacent hunting grounds. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze and evaluate the occurrence of deer ked in the forest deer populations for the last two hunting seasons 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. Based on the individual smaller goals we have set ourselves, we have achieved our basic goal. In this work we describe the biology of deer, the characteristics of the parasitic disease lipoptenosis and the biology of the ectoparasite Lipoptena cervi, which causes this disease. Furthermore, the basic characteristics of individual addressed hunting subjects, where the research is carried out. In the results and evaluation section, there is a detailed processing of the data on the occurrence of deer ked fever, based on a questionnaire method for the examination of deer hunted animals for lipoptenose. And comparing two sets of samples. Part of the thesis are also proposals for measures and prevention against the spread of ectoparasite to such an extent that it would harm and reduce the development of deer in selected hunting grounds.