• A Screening for Virus Infections among Wild Eurasian Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Iceland, 2017–2019 

      Tryland, Morten; Sanchez Romano, Javier; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Mørk, Torill; Þórarinsdóttir, Rán; Breines, Eva Marie; Li, Hong; Cunha, Cristina Wetzel; Thórisson, Skarphéðinn G. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-23)
      A winter population of around 4000–5000 wild Eurasian tundra reindeer (<i>Rangifer t. tarandus</i>) in the eastern part of Iceland represents descendants from 35 semi-domesticated reindeer imported to Iceland from Finnmark county, Norway, in 1787. While previous studies have indicated that they host fewer parasite species as compared to reindeer in Fennoscandia, little information exists on their ...
    • A serological screening for potential viral pathogens among semi-domesticated Eurasian tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finland 

      Tryland, Morten; Cunha, Cristina Wetzel; Fuchs, Boris; Breines, Eva Marie; Li, Hong; Jokelainen, Pikka; Laaksonen, Sauli (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-22)
      Reindeer herding and husbandry is a traditional and important livelihood in Fennoscandia, and about 200,000 semi-domesticated reindeer are herded in Finland. Climatic changes, leading to ice-locked winter pastures, and encroachment of pasture-land have led to changes in reindeer husbandry, increasing the extent of supplementary or full ration feeding, which has become very common in Finland. Keeping ...