Case report: Malnutrition and undernutrition as cause of mortality in farmed reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.)

Chronic diarrhoea evolved during the third year of farming in a group of six reindeer farmed in central Sweden. The first death occurred in July, and despite offering supplemental feed, the deaths continued. Within 9 months five animals (83%) were dead. The necropsy findings indicated emaciation in...

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Published in:Rangifer
Main Authors: Ågren, Erik O., Rehbinder, Claes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2000
Subjects:
malnutrition
undernutrition
farmed reindeer
nutrition
pathology
starvation
Rangifer
Rangifer tarandus
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1493
https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.1.1493
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Summary:Chronic diarrhoea evolved during the third year of farming in a group of six reindeer farmed in central Sweden. The first death occurred in July, and despite offering supplemental feed, the deaths continued. Within 9 months five animals (83%) were dead. The necropsy findings indicated emaciation in all cases. The initially adequate clover vegetation in the paddock had been depleted over the years, leading to malnutrition and undernutrition of reindeer in the summer season.

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