| molecular diversity of the rumen microbiome of norwegian reindeer on natural summer pasture. | the molecular diversity of the rumen microbiome was investigated in five semi-domesticated adult female norwegian reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) grazing on natural summer pastures on the coast of northern norway (71.00 degrees n, 25.30 degrees e). mean population densities (numbers per gram wet weight) of methanogenic archaea, rumen bacteria and ciliate protozoa, estimated using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (pcr), were 3.17x10(9), 5.17x10(11) and 4.02x10(7), respective ... | 2009 | 18604648 |
| Pestivirus and alphaherpesvirus infections in Swedish reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.). | Herding semi-domesticated reindeer has economic and social value for Sami people in the northern territories of Fennoscandia. However, with the intensification of reindeer husbandry, interspecies transmission of pathogens between reindeer and domestic animals may become a problem, especially for countries such as Sweden, Norway, and Finland where pestivirus and alphaherpesvirus have been eradicated in domestic ruminants. This study, which included 1158 Swedish reindeer, showed relatively high pr ... | 2011 | 22078277 |