Evaluation of silage diets offered to reindeer calves intended for slaughter. I. Feeding of silage and barley from September to March

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Nilsson, Anna, Olsson, Ingemar, Lingvall, Per
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Rangifer tarandus tarandus; feed intake; weight gain; dressing percentage; visceral organs; abdominal fat; reindeer; silage diet; Slaughter; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1206; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.3.1206

An experiment involving 75 male reindeer calves (mean initial live weight 39.6 kg, SD=3.7) intended for slaughter was undertaken to study the effect of proporrion of barley to silage in the diets on animal performance. The calves were alloted to five groups including one group slaughtered at the sta...