Management stress in reindeer
The general mechanism and biological effects of stress are dealt with. Investigations performed on semidomesticated reindeer concerning the stress response under different herding and management conditions are presented and discussed. The findings indicate that: Reindeer are susceptible to managemen...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6c9657d821894f3582ede6d589fc1091 2023-05-15T18:04:00+02:00 Management stress in reindeer Claes Rehbinder 1990-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.10.3.868 https://doaj.org/article/6c9657d821894f3582ede6d589fc1091 EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/868 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.10.3.868 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/6c9657d821894f3582ede6d589fc1091 Rangifer, Vol 10, Iss 3 (1990) stress lesions meat quality reindeer Animal culture SF1-1100 article 1990 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.10.3.868 2022-12-31T03:17:51Z The general mechanism and biological effects of stress are dealt with. Investigations performed on semidomesticated reindeer concerning the stress response under different herding and management conditions are presented and discussed. The findings indicate that: Reindeer are susceptible to management stress and that their degree of tameness plays an important role in the development of stress lesions such as muscular and myocardial degeneration and abomasal haemorrhages, etc. The animals are not favoured by rests between events of stress exposure as the effects produced tend to be cumulative. Depletion of muscular glycogen stores, increased catabolism of muscular protein, muscular degeneration and increased blood-urea levels can not be excluded as a cause of an altered and bad taste of the meat, i.e. a bad meat quality. Thus prolonged and repeated manual handling and transportation of live animals should be avoided. The use of helicopters or other motor vehicles must be correlated to the tameness of the animals and to environmental conditions. Stress due to incorrect management methods may, by means of stress induced lesions, severly affect the productivity of reindeer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Rangifer 10 3 267 |
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The general mechanism and biological effects of stress are dealt with. Investigations performed on semidomesticated reindeer concerning the stress response under different herding and management conditions are presented and discussed. The findings indicate that: Reindeer are susceptible to management stress and that their degree of tameness plays an important role in the development of stress lesions such as muscular and myocardial degeneration and abomasal haemorrhages, etc. The animals are not favoured by rests between events of stress exposure as the effects produced tend to be cumulative. Depletion of muscular glycogen stores, increased catabolism of muscular protein, muscular degeneration and increased blood-urea levels can not be excluded as a cause of an altered and bad taste of the meat, i.e. a bad meat quality. Thus prolonged and repeated manual handling and transportation of live animals should be avoided. The use of helicopters or other motor vehicles must be correlated to the tameness of the animals and to environmental conditions. Stress due to incorrect management methods may, by means of stress induced lesions, severly affect the productivity of reindeer. |
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