Growth in Domestic and Wild Reindeer in Norway

Growth is compared between two wild reindeer ( vRangifer tarsndus ) populations and also be- tween these two populations and the now-dispersed Trio domestic herd from which the two aFild popula- tions were derived. The two wild populations are located in North Ottadalen a near-virgin area, and South Ottadalen an area that was partially heavily grazed. Both areas vere utilized by the Trio herd. Intensive herding of the Trio animals is deemed responsible for their 23 to 43 percent losver dressed weights when compared with the South Ottadalen herd. The longer diastema lengths of the North Otta- dalen population,, when compared with both the South Ottadalen and the Trio populations, reflect the dif- ference in range quality between the North and South Ottadalen areas. GROWTH IN DOMESTIC AND WILD REINDEER IN NORWAY EIGIL REIMERS, The Norwegian Stote Game Reseorch Institute, Vollebekk Abstract: Growth is compared between two wild reindeer ( vRangifer tarsndus ) populations and also be- tween these two populations and the now-dispersed Trio domestic herd from which the two aFild popula- tions were derived. The two wild populations are located in North Ottadalen a near-virgin area, and South Ottadalen an area that was partially heavily grazed. Both areas vere utilized by the Trio herd. Intensive herding of the Trio animals is deemed responsible for their 23 to 43 percent losver dressed weights when compared with the South Ottadalen herd. The longer diastema lengths of the North Otta- dalen population,, when compared with both the South Ottadalen and the Trio populations, reflect the dif-