Causes of variation in growth rate of reindeer calves

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: C. J. Petersson, B. Danell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1993
• Subjects: live weight; dressing percentage; reindeer calves; growth rate; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Corral; Slaughter; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.13.2.1097; https://doaj.org/article/e695a49544b144e783637cada72dfadf

Weights of individual reindeer calves were registered on 3 or 4 occasions from the July roundup to the last slaughter roundup in January during each of four consecutive years (1986 to 1989). The observations were made in a tagged herd located in the southern part of the reindeer area in Sweden (63°N...