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Abstract
Automatic blood sampling equipment (ABSE) was used successfully to collect blood samples from two reindeer. During blood sampling, two methods of restraint were applied which caused no short term changes in plasma concentrations of urea, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase or total protein. Plasma Cortisol concentrations were significantly elevated by the two restraint techniques. The value of ABSE in studies of stress in reindeer is discussed.
Highlights
In a semi-domesticated species such as the reindeer {Rangifer tarandus tarandus L) management practices such as herding, corralling or physical restraint may have deleterious effects upon welfare (Rehbinder, 1990) and may result in a reduced meat quality (Warriss, 1992)
Whilst the effects of such stressors on behaviour have been conducted in some species of deer (Diverio et al, 1993) measurement of changes in blood parameters might potentially give a better index of the effects
This paper describes the first use of automatic blood sampling equipment (ABSE) in reindeer
Summary
In a semi-domesticated species such as the reindeer {Rangifer tarandus tarandus L) management practices such as herding, corralling or physical restraint may have deleterious effects upon welfare (Rehbinder, 1990) and may result in a reduced meat quality (Warriss, 1992). Whilst the effects of such stressors on behaviour have been conducted in some species of deer (Diverio et al, 1993) measurement of changes in blood parameters might potentially give a better index of the effects. Such studies require the subject to be restrained to allow collection of blood samples but it is widely recognised that it is almost impossible to measure normal values for some blood constituents of captured and restrained semi-domesticated reindeer as the stress associated with restraint and sampling will influence the vaules (Rehbinder & Edqvist, 1981). In this study measurements where made of plasma concentrations of Cortisol, urea, aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), alanine aminotransferase ( A L A T )
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