Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds

Approximately 20000 reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Alaska are gathered once or twice yearly to facilitate identification, serologic sampling, treatment and antler removal. Various air and land craft are used to bring the animals into a corral system from which they can be herded into a padded, pneu...

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Published in:Rangifer
Main Author: Dieterich, Robert A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1986
Subjects:
reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
restraint
computer
brucellosis vaccine
ivermectin
stress
gathering
corralling
Corral
Rangifer
Alaska
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/590
https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.590
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spelling ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/590 2023-05-15T18:03:55+02:00 Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds Dieterich, Robert A. 1986-06-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/590 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.590 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/590/560 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/590 doi:10.7557/2.6.2.590 Copyright (c) 2015 Robert A. Dieterich http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 6 (1986): Special Issue No. 1; 111-113 1890-6729 reindeer Rangifer tarandus restraint computer brucellosis vaccine ivermectin stress gathering corralling info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1986 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.590 2021-08-16T14:31:01Z Approximately 20000 reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Alaska are gathered once or twice yearly to facilitate identification, serologic sampling, treatment and antler removal. Various air and land craft are used to bring the animals into a corral system from which they can be herded into a padded, pneumatically operated, squeeze apparatus. Ear tags are applied or read if already in place and ears are notched. A portable, computerized rapid data retrieval system is used to record reproductive success, vaccination and treatment status and other miscellaneous information. Ivermectin is being administered in the early winter months to treat reindeer in many herds for warbles, nasal bots and internal parasites. A killed, homologous Brucella suis type 4 vaccine is being used in two large (3500) herds. Efforts are being made to incorporate other innovative methods to improve herding and corralling methods. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Alaska University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Corral ENVELOPE(-62.950,-62.950,-64.900,-64.900) Rangifer 6 2 111
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topic reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
restraint
computer
brucellosis vaccine
ivermectin
stress
gathering
corralling
spellingShingle reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
restraint
computer
brucellosis vaccine
ivermectin
stress
gathering
corralling
Dieterich, Robert A.
Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds
topic_facet reindeer
Rangifer tarandus
restraint
computer
brucellosis vaccine
ivermectin
stress
gathering
corralling
description Approximately 20000 reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Alaska are gathered once or twice yearly to facilitate identification, serologic sampling, treatment and antler removal. Various air and land craft are used to bring the animals into a corral system from which they can be herded into a padded, pneumatically operated, squeeze apparatus. Ear tags are applied or read if already in place and ears are notched. A portable, computerized rapid data retrieval system is used to record reproductive success, vaccination and treatment status and other miscellaneous information. Ivermectin is being administered in the early winter months to treat reindeer in many herds for warbles, nasal bots and internal parasites. A killed, homologous Brucella suis type 4 vaccine is being used in two large (3500) herds. Efforts are being made to incorporate other innovative methods to improve herding and corralling methods.
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title Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds
title_short Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds
title_full Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds
title_fullStr Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds
title_full_unstemmed Some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in Alaskan reindeer herds
title_sort some herding, record keeping and treatment methods used in alaskan reindeer herds
publisher Septentrio Academic Publishing
publishDate 1986
url https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/590
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op_source Rangifer; Vol 6 (1986): Special Issue No. 1; 111-113
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