| genetic variation in domestic reindeer and wild caribou in alaska. | reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) were introduced into alaska 100 years ago and have been maintained as semidomestic livestock. they have had contact with wild caribou (r.t.granti) herds, including deliberate crossbreeding and mixing in the wild. reindeer have considerable potential as a domestic animal for meat or velvet antler production, and wild caribou are important to subsistence and sport hunters. our objective was to quantify the genetic relationships of reindeer and caribou in alask ... | 1995 | 8572366 |
| antibiotic treatment and post-handling survival of reindeer calves in alaska. | free ranging reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) are driven into corral systems and handled each summer on the seward peninsula (alaska, usa). during june and july of 1995-96 reindeer calves were inspected for injury, handled, weighed, and randomly treated with long-acting oxytetracycline. calves that returned to subsequent handlings within the same year, received treatment only if they had been treated during their first handling. the effects of prophylactic antibiotic treatment and other fac ... | 1999 | 10574533 |
| mitochondrial dna and microsatellite dna variation in domestic reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) and relationships with wild caribou (rangifer tarandus granti, rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, and rangifer tarandus caribou). | reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) in alaska are semidomestic livestock descended from 1280 animals introduced from siberia, russia, approximately 100 years ago. genetic variation at 18 microsatellite dna loci and the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial dna (mtdna) was quantified in reindeer from alaska, siberia (russia), and scandinavia and compared with wild north american caribou. mean sequence divergence among 15 mtdna haplotypes in reindeer was 0.007 substitutions per nucleotide site, and ... | 2006 | 16837563 |
| preliminary studies on the etiology of keratoconjunctivitis in reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) calves in alaska. | keratoconjunctivitis outbreaks occur each summer in reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) herds in western alaska, usa. this condition has not been well characterized nor has a definitive primary etiologic agent been identified. we evaluated the eyes of 660 calves near nome, alaska, between 29 june and 14 july 2005. clinical signs of keratoconjunctivitis were observed in 26/660 calves (3.9%). samples were collected from the conjunctival sac of both affected (n=22) and unaffected (n=24) animals f ... | 2008 | 18957667 |
| evidence of alphaherpesvirus infections in alaskan caribou and reindeer. | the reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) industry in alaska began with animals imported from siberia (russia) in the 1890's. cervid herpes virus 2 (cvhv2) is endemic in reindeer in scandinavia. we sought to determine if the same virus, or similar herpesviruses, were circulating in alaskan reindeer and caribou (rangifer tarandus granti). serum samples from 292 reindeer were collected during annual reindeer handlings (1988-2005) near nome, alaska. in 2005, swab samples were collected from 40 calv ... | 2012 | 22243919 |