Study Guide

Objective

Student
- Knows the nutritional needs of reindeer
- Can make a sustainable winter feeding plan for reindeer herd
- Recognizes most common feeding illnesses and diseases of reindeer and knows how to prevent them in feeding planning
- Knows special features of reindeer grazing
- Knows most common winter feeds for reindeer and their effect on the reindeer's well-being
- Knows how to choose right kind of feed and calculate need for feeding for different reindeer herds
- Identify most common illnesses and diseases that impair reindeer well-being in winter feeding
- Knows most common equipment, machines and structures used in reindeer winter feeding
- Knows importance of logistics in winter reindeer feeding
- Can calculate costs of feeding
- Can plan a functional feeding solution for either winter garden feeding or field feeding.

Content

Special features of reindeer grazing
Most common winter feeds for reindeer and their effect on reindeer well-being
Feeds and feed needs
Most common illnesses and diseases that impair reindeer well-being in winter feeding
Most common equipment, machines and structures used in reindeer winter feeding
Importance of logistics in winter reindeer feeding
Cost calculation of feeding
Feeding planning; yard and field feeding