Feeding of reindeer calves for slaughtering in the autumn

Experiments have been carried out for testing the profit of feeding reindeer calves to slaughter maturity in the autumn. The calves were fed a special reindeer calf feed KF-71 (see Table 1 & 2). 16 male calves were fed from September 9th to November 7th. The feed consumption per kg gain in dres...

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Main Authors: Endre Jacobsen, Sven Skjenneberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1981-05-01
Series:Rangifer
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/396