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Reindeer offer Alaska new agricultural industry
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA -
Reindeer herds may provide
Alaska with a new agricultural
industry.
Although there once were some
600,000 reindeer on the Alaskan
tundra, the industry virtually
collapsed for economic, biological
and political reasons, and the
number of animals dwindled to
only 30,000.
Now Alaskans are trying to solve
some of those problems—with the
idea of enlarging the reindeer
herds. Working together are U.S.
Department of Agriculture
researchers and extension
workers, the University of Alaska
in Fairbanks, and state and native
groups and organizations.
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the reindeer, and Dr. Robert A.
Oieterich, a veterinarian and
professor at the university, seeks
ways to control them. His research
and testing have helped solve two
major reindeer health problems,
warble flies and brucellosis.
Under Dieterich’s direction, the
Northwest Alaska Native
Association began last year to
inoculate a portion of its herd for
protection against warbles,
parasitic flies which seriously
inhibit weight gain in animals and
weaken their disease.
Warbles also destroy all com
mercial potential for the hides by
perforating them with holes. To
fight this pest, Dieterich is using
famphur, a larvicide which has
been used successfully on cattle.
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However, traditional methods of
appUcation-pouring famphur over
the animal’s back-though suc
cessful with cattle, won’t work for
reindeer. Hair on the reindeer’s
back is water repellant, so fam
phur can't penetrate. In addition,
this method, like inoculation with a
needle and syringe, requires
physical handling that causes,
damaging stress to the semi-wild
animals;
Dieterich, in cooperation with
the 3M Company, is seeking the
answer with a ballistic implant
system. A 25-calibre compressed
air rifle can be used to shoot a
biodegradable, drug-impregnat
ed pellet into the reindeer. The
newly-developed method also
could make possible vaccination or
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treatment of other free-ranging
species such as moose and caribou.
The Reindeer Herder’s
Association listed control of
brucellosis, along with warbles,
among its highest research
priorities. Vaccine used for
brucellosis in cattle in the United
States is not effective with rein
deer, so Dieterich is- testing
alternatives.
John Shaeffer, president of the
Northwest- Alaska Native
Association, says he hopes a lot of
people will get into the business of
reindeer.
Shaeffer says the association
could harvest 1,200 carcasses
annually by increasing its present
herd from 7,000 to 30,000 reindeer.
That would lower red meat costs in
the region and provide an
estimated 40 full-time jobs and 80
seasonal jobs.
Both the lower meat costs and
jobs would benefit Northwestern
Alaska, with its 14 percent
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unemployment rate. The average
income per household in that area
is near the national poverty level.
Additional income can be
realized from the hides, once the
warble fly is eliminated. Antlers
already are generating income
from sales in the Orient, where
they are used for medicinal pur
poses. Top grades sold for $5O a
pound last year.
Almost half a square mile of
range is needed to. support each
reindeer, said Jack Luick,
university scientist who studies the
nutrition and management
problems of the animals. The
amount of land a herd requires
depends, in part, on management
practices.
Alaska’s 13 herd owners hold
land-use permits for areas ranging
from 500,000 to 1 million acres.
Twelve allow their herds to wander
free on the open range. The thir-
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