Bone marrow and kidney fat as indicators of condition in reindeer

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Nieminen, Mauri, Laitinen, Matti
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1986
• Subjects: reindeer; fat; marrow; kidney; condition; Finland; Greer; Northern Finland; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/649; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.6.2.649

Back-fat depth, kidney-fat index (KFI), fat and triglyceride contents in femur and metatarsal marrows were measured from 92 semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in northern Finland during 1980-84. The age of the reindeer varied from 5 months to 10 years and marrow fat content w...