Growth rates and morphological measurements of Porcupine caribou calves

Authors

  • Katherine L. Parker

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/2.9.1.769

Keywords:

surface area, growth rate, leg length, Rangifer tarandus

Abstract

Body weights, leg lengths, and surface area were monitored for bottle-raised barren-ground caribou calves (Rangifer tarandus granti) from the Porcupine herd up to 1 year of age. Body weights were compared with maternally-raised calves from the same cohort in the wild and from the Delta herd. A successful feeding regime for bottle-raising caribou calves is presented.

Veksthastigheter og morfologiske mål hos Porcupine karibu-kalver.

Abstract in Norwegian / Sammendrag: Kroppsvekter, visse knokkel-lengder og kropps-overflate areal ble målt hos flaske-oppfødde kalver av barren-ground karibu (Rangifer tarandus granti) fra Porcupine-stammen opp til 1 års alder. Kroppsvekter ble sammelignet med normalt oppfødde kalver av samme type i det fri og fra Delta-stam-men. Det presenteres et vellykket system for flaske-oppforing av karibu-kalver.

Porcupine-lauman karibuvasojen kasvunopeus ja morfologiset mitat.

Abstract in Finnish / Yhteenveto: Porcupine -lauman pulloruokinnalla olleiden tundrakaribuvasojen ruumiinpainot, jalanpituu-det ja ruumiin pinta-alat mitattiin 1 vuoden ikäään saakka. Ruumiinpainoja verrattiin vastaaviin luonnon-oloissa kasvaneisiin saman lauman ja Delta -lauman vasoihin. Tutkimus kuvaa toimivan vasojen pulloruo-kintamenetelmän.

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Published

1989-06-01

How to Cite

Parker, K. L. (1989). Growth rates and morphological measurements of Porcupine caribou calves. Rangifer, 9(1), 9–13. https://doi.org/10.7557/2.9.1.769

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (1989)

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