• A Multi-Pathogen Screening of Captive Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) in Germany Based on Serological and Molecular Assays 

      Sanchez Romano, Javier; Grund, Lisa; Obiegala, Anna; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Ancin-Murguzur, Francisco Javier; Li, Hong; Król, Nina; Pfeffer, Martin; Tryland, Morten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-20)
      Captive reindeer in German zoos and wildlife parks live outside their natural geographic range and are exposed to a variety of viral, bacterial and protozoan pathogens, some host-specific and some which they are not exposed to in their native habitat. Reindeer blood samples and ticks collected in 2013 from 123 reindeer at 16 different zoological facilities were available from a previous study. The ...
    • 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 Screening for Virus Infections in Eight Herds of Semi-domesticated Eurasian Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Norway, 2013–2018 

      Tryland, Morten; Sanchez Romano, Javier; Nymo, Ingebjørg Helena; Breines, Eva Marie; Murguzur, Francisco Javier Ancin; Kjenstad, Ole Christian; Li, Hong; Cunha, Cristina W. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-12)
      Background: Previous serological screenings have indicated that Eurasian semi-domesticated tundra reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in Finnmark, Northern Norway, are exposed to alphaherpesvirus, gammaherpesvirus and pestivirus. Alphaherpesvirus (i.e., Cervid herpesvirus 2; CvHV2) has been identified as the transmissible component of infectious keratoconjunctivitis (IKC). Limited knowledge exists ...
    • 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 ...