Digestive studies with a feed developed for realimentation of starving reindeer

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Sletten, Harald, Hove, Knut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1990
• Subjects: reindeer; Rangifer; starvation; emergency feeding; types of feed; effects; problems; Norway; Verdier; Reinlav
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/788; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.10.1.788

The properties of three different feeds were compared when offered to reindeer calves as single feeds after a starvation period of the 48 h. The feeds were lichen and two pelleted commercial reindeer feeds, RF-71 and RF-80. The two latter differed in concentration of readily digestible carbohydrates...