Abstract
The poster describes the main activities in a joint Swedish-Norwegian research project. The ultimate purpose is to develope tools for individual production control and flock management in domestic reindeer production.
Highlights
M e a t production with free-ranging semidomesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is practiced in the nothern forest and mountain areas o f Scandinavia and Finland
T h e animals are kept in large flocks with little individual handling
T h e code is intended for identification in the field and for use in computerized production recording
Summary
Traditional ear marks (cuts) show only the ownership of the animals. A new system with a unique ID-code for every animal has been introduced. The code includes: (a) country and district as a two-letter combiantion (b) owner number within the district (c) birth year both as letter and tag colour (d) identity number (ID) within birth year (e) sex given by even or odd ID-number.
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