Getting used to it? Stress of repeated management procedures in semi-domesticated reindeer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extensive animal production systems, such as reindeer husbandry may represent a system to further study the context dependence of stress responses and the potential implications for animal welfare as research on food animal stress and welfare has so far primarily focused on animals in intensive animal production systems while animals from extensive production systems, such as reindeer, are yet underrepresented. We investigated short- and longer-term stress responses to repeated herding, handling and restraint and its potential effect on animal welfare in semi-domesticated adult female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). We also assessed seasonal differences and the potential effect of the additional stressor of calf removal using serum concentrations of glucocorticoid

SUBMITTER: Vetter-Lang SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995495 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature