A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland
Reindeer herding and husbandry is a traditional and important livelihood in Fennoscandia, and about 200,000 semi-domesticated reindeer are herded in Finland. Climatic changes, leading to ice-locked winter pastures, and encroachment of pasture-land have led to changes in reindeer husbandry, increasin...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/29781 2023-08-27T04:09:22+02:00 A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland Tryland, Morten Cunha, Cristina Wetzel Fuchs, Boris Breines, Eva Marie Li, Hong Jokelainen, Pikka Laaksonen, Sauli 2023-02-22 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29781 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-023-00671-4 eng eng BMC Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica (AVS) Tryland, Cunha, Fuchs, Breines, Li, Jokelainen, Laaksonen. A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica (AVS). 2023;65:8:1-10 FRIDAID 2135800 doi:10.1186/s13028-023-00671-4 0044-605X 1751-0147 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29781 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-023-00671-4 2023-08-09T23:07:01Z Reindeer herding and husbandry is a traditional and important livelihood in Fennoscandia, and about 200,000 semi-domesticated reindeer are herded in Finland. Climatic changes, leading to ice-locked winter pastures, and encroachment of pasture-land have led to changes in reindeer husbandry, increasing the extent of supplementary or full ration feeding, which has become very common in Finland. Keeping reindeer in corrals or gathering them at permanent feeding sites will increase nose-to-nose contact between animals and they may be exposed to poor hygienic conditions. This may impact the epidemiology of infectious diseases, such as viral infections. The aim of this study was to investigate Finnish semi-domesticated reindeer for exposure to viral pathogens. Blood samples were collected from 596 reindeer (358 calves, 238 adults) in 2015, from nine reindeer slaughterhouses, representing most of the reindeer herding regions in Finland. Plasma samples were investigated for antibodies against a selection of known and potential reindeer viral pathogens by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Rangifer Rangifer tarandus reindeer husbandry Tundra University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 65 1 |
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Reindeer herding and husbandry is a traditional and important livelihood in Fennoscandia, and about 200,000 semi-domesticated reindeer are herded in Finland. Climatic changes, leading to ice-locked winter pastures, and encroachment of pasture-land have led to changes in reindeer husbandry, increasing the extent of supplementary or full ration feeding, which has become very common in Finland. Keeping reindeer in corrals or gathering them at permanent feeding sites will increase nose-to-nose contact between animals and they may be exposed to poor hygienic conditions. This may impact the epidemiology of infectious diseases, such as viral infections. The aim of this study was to investigate Finnish semi-domesticated reindeer for exposure to viral pathogens. Blood samples were collected from 596 reindeer (358 calves, 238 adults) in 2015, from nine reindeer slaughterhouses, representing most of the reindeer herding regions in Finland. Plasma samples were investigated for antibodies against a selection of known and potential reindeer viral pathogens by using enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). |
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Tryland, Morten Cunha, Cristina Wetzel Fuchs, Boris Breines, Eva Marie Li, Hong Jokelainen, Pikka Laaksonen, Sauli A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland |
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Tryland, Morten Cunha, Cristina Wetzel Fuchs, Boris Breines, Eva Marie Li, Hong Jokelainen, Pikka Laaksonen, Sauli |
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A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland |
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A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland |
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A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland |
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A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland |
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A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland |
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serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated eurasian tundra reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) in finland |
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Fennoscandia Rangifer Rangifer tarandus reindeer husbandry Tundra |
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica (AVS) Tryland, Cunha, Fuchs, Breines, Li, Jokelainen, Laaksonen. A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica (AVS). 2023;65:8:1-10 FRIDAID 2135800 doi:10.1186/s13028-023-00671-4 0044-605X 1751-0147 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/29781 |
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