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RANFIGER.HEALTH: Scientific Cooperation in Reindeer Health

Join the global network of scientists and educators working together to improve the health and well-being of reindeer. Explore the importance of reindeer health in Arctic ecosystems, indigenous communities, and human health. Collaborate on research, education, and disease management to conserve this iconic species.

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RANFIGER.HEALTH: Scientific Cooperation in Reindeer Health

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  1. RANFIGER HEALTH: Scientific and educational cooperation in reindeer health Carlos das Neves DVM PhD

  2. Most abundant terrestrial mammal in the Arctic • More than 6 million animals in the Arctic • Major economical resource in the Arctic specially for indigenous communities • Central in social, cultural and historical traditions of indigenous peoples • Some subspecies threatened to extinction • Several diseases, some zoonotic already identified • Little specific education on reindeer health on Scandinavia RANFIGER HEALTH: Scientific and educational cooperation in reindeer health Why Reindeer health?

  3. 4th step • long • lasting • projects • 3rd stepincrease • Reindeer health • education • 2nd stepnetwork and • make knowledge available • to 3rd parties (NGOs, students, SME) • 1st stepunderstand and link the • role of pathogens in Rangiferhealth • individual and herd health • human health (zoonotic diseases) • ecosystem health (spillover to sympatric species) RANFIGER HEALTH: Scientific and educational cooperation in reindeer health NETWORK GOALS STEP-BY-STEP

  4. Tromsø – 3 res + 4 stud – Virology, bacteriology and Immunology Oslo – 1 res – Reproduction and obstetrics Fairbanks - 2 res + 4 stu - Nutrition, plant-animal interaction, climate and health changes Uppsala – 2 res + 3 stud – nutrition, welfare, radioactive contamination Oulu - 1 res + 3 stud – Pathology, management and surveillance, parasitology, bacteriology Keldur - 1 res - parasitology Ås – 1 res + 2 stud – Nutrition and calving Calgary- 11 res + 7 stu - Parasitology, bacteriology, virology, management and welfare Nuuk- 1 res + 2 stu - Caribou and muscox health Uppsala - 2 res + 3 stud – Pathology, management and surveillance, parasitology, bacteriology, virology Egilsstaðir - 1 res + 3 stud – population health, GPS tracking Tromsø – 2 res - Pathology Oslo – 2 res + 1 stud – Pathology, management, parasitology, bacteriology, virology Anchorage - 6 res + 4 stu - Management and surveillance, virology, bacteriology, parasitology, nutrition and welfare RANFIGER HEALTH: Scientific and educational cooperation in reindeer health PARTNERS

  5. RANFIGER HEALTH: Scientific and educational cooperation in reindeer health WORK PACKAGES and TIMEFRAME • WP4 Organization of a course for PhD/Master students on reindeer health • WP1 Launching meeting for RANGIFER HEALTH Tromsø • WP5 RANGIFER HEALTH annual seminars • WP2 Establish a web platform for networking and website for scientific and public information • WP6 PhD/Master students scholarships program • WP3Make a detailed assessment of present research and future needs in reindeer health investigation in the Nordic region as a tool to better establish new cooperative projects • WP7 Mobility program for researchers • WP8RANGIFER HEALTH and society ? WP1 WP2 WP2 WP3 WP5 WP5 WP4 WP4 WP4 WP4 WP6 / 7 WP8 2013 2010 2011 2012

  6. Reindeer health an issue with implications from pole…. …. To pole! THANK YOU TUSEN TAKK RANFIGER HEALTH: Scientific and educational cooperation in reindeer health

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