| endocrinology of pregnancy and early pregnancy detection by reproductive hormones in reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus). | the endocrinology was studied throughout pregnancy in reindeer (rangifer tarandus tarandus) located in oulu, finland (65 degrees n, 25 degrees e) with 13 captive, semi domestic adult females. blood samples were analyzed for plasma progesterone (p4), estradiol (e2) and estrone sulphate (e1so4), 15-ketodihydro-pgf2alpha (pg-metabolite) and pregnancy associated glycoproteins (pag). the mean plasma p4 concentration peaked twice during gestation: at around 24 and three weeks prior to calving. in preg ... | 2005 | 15763117 |
| outbreak of parasitic peritonitis in reindeer in finland. | in 2003, there was an outbreak of peritonitis in reindeer in the southern and middle part of the finnish reindeer herding area caused by the filarioid nematode setaria species. in the province of oulu, the proportion of reindeer viscera condemned owing to parasitic lesions increased from 4.9 per cent in 2001 to 40.1 per cent in 2003. in 2004, the focus of the outbreak moved approximately 100 km north. a total of 260 adult and pre-adult setaria species nematodes were collected for morphological a ... | 2007 | 17575247 |