Electronically matching of female reindeer and calves

Traditional identifying the ownership of free ranging reindeer calves in mountain pastures, is work demanding and time consuming for the herders. By using GPS collars and UHF shortrange technology, the reindeer calves are more easily matched to the female reindeer whose ownership is known. The goal...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Bioforsk TEMA 2014
Main Authors: Eilertsen, Svein, Pettersen, Egil
Format: Report
Language:English
Online Access:Request full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Traditional identifying the ownership of free ranging reindeer calves in mountain pastures, is work demanding and time consuming for the herders. By using GPS collars and UHF shortrange technology, the reindeer calves are more easily matched to the female reindeer whose ownership is known. The goal is to reduce the workload for the herders, and the time the reindeer stay in pens.