Infectious keratoconjunctivitis in semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus): a questionnaire-based study among reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden

• Published in: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
• Main Authors: Wallin Philippot, Karin, Baron, Jerome, Sánchez Romano, Javier, Rautiainen, Heidi, Frössling, Jenny, Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena, Persson, Ylva, Omazic, Anna, Tryland, Morten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Climate change; Eye disease; Free-range; Infectious disease; IKC; Natural pastures; Reindeer husbandry; Supplementary feeding; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Klinisk veterinærmedisinske fag: 950:: Norway; Slaughter; Fennoscandia; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3084604; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-023-00694-x

Abstract Background The efects of climate change, loss of pastureland to other land usage and presence of large carnivores are the main reasons for the increase in supplementary feeding of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Fennoscandia over the last decades. Feeding might ex...