Reproduction, Growth and Body Composition of Rivière George Caribou in Captivity

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Crête, Michel, Huot, Jean, Nault, René, Patenaude, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Adaptation (Biology); Animal anatomy; Animal food; Animal growth; Animal reproduction; Caribou; Fats; Necropsy; Proteins; George; Rivière; region; Québec; Rivière George; Arctic; caribou; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64398

Twenty females from the Rivière George caribou herd were captured in April 1987 in northern Quebec and were held in a zoo in Quebec City. Until November 1989, they were kept in an enclosure with a male from the same herd and they were fed ad libitum with pelleted concentrates and hay, supplemented w...