Pregnancy rate as an indicator of nutritional status in Rangifer. implications of lactational infertility

K. L. Gerhart; R. G. White; R. D. Cameron; D. E. Russell; D. van de Wetering

doi:10.7557/2.17.1.381

Rangifer (Apr 1997)

Pregnancy rate as an indicator of nutritional status in Rangifer. implications of lactational infertility

K. L. Gerhart,
R. G. White,
R. D. Cameron,
D. E. Russell,
D. van de Wetering

Affiliations

K. L. Gerhart: Institute of Arctic Biology, Univetsity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 (Current address: Department of Avian Sciences, University of California, Davis CA 95616, USA
R. G. White: Institute of Arctic Biology, Univetsity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
R. D. Cameron: Institute of Arctic Biology, Univetsity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
D. E. Russell: Canadian Wildlife Service, PO Box 6010, Whitehorse, YT, Canada Y1A 5L7, Canada
D. van de Wetering: Canadian Wildlife Service, PO Box 6010, Whitehorse, YT, Canada Y1A 5L7, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.381
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 1

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Monitofing pregnancy rates to detect changes in nutrition is best accomplished by sampling lactating females because they will be more responsive to changes in nutrienr availability: nutrition influences pregnancy fate of lactating caribou both through autumn body condition and lactational infertility.

Published in Rangifer

ISSN: 0333-256X (Print); 1890-6729 (Online)
Publisher: Septentrio Academic Publishing
Country of publisher: Norway
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Animal culture
Website: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer

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