Blood composition of the reindeer . II. Blood chemistry

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Nieminen, Mauri, Timisjärvi, Jouni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1983
• Subjects: reindeer; blood composition; blood chemistry; Aven; Halten; Kalven; Kroppen; Kupari; Sommaren; Varden; Vasa; Northern Finland; Rangifer; ren
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/464; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.3.1.464

The blood chemical composition of 578 semi-domestic reindeer were investigated in respect to age, season, calving and nutrition in Northern Finland during 1973-79. The weight gain was maximally 400 g/day at an age of 4-8 weeks as also reflected by high serum thyroxine (T4), alkaline phosphatase (SAP...