Table 3 Distribution of the number of reindeer and the animal category (e.g., calves or whole group) fed in an enclosure or free-range fed, investigated for the herding year 2019/2020. Presented per country out of the 76 reindeer owners from Norway (n=33) and Sweden (n=43) who responded to the questionnaire survey regarding health and supplementary feeding of reindeer
Question | In enclosures | Free-range | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norway n (%a) | Sweden n (%a) | Total n (%a) | Norway n (%a) | Sweden n (%a) | Total n (%a) | |
Number of animals fed | ||||||
No answer | 1 (3) | 5 (12) | 6 (8) | 1 (3) | 5 (12) | 6 (8) |
None | 22 (67) | 16 (37) | 38 (50) | 7 (21) | 11 (26) | 18 (24) |
< 300 | 7 (21) | 10 (23) | 17 (22) | 3 (9) | 5 (12) | 8 (11) |
≥ 300 | 3 (9) | 12 (28) | 15 (20) | 22 (67) | 22 (51) | 44 (58) |
Animal category | ||||||
No answer | 2 (6) | 5 (12) | 7 (9) | 2 (6) | 5 (12) | 7 (9) |
None | 24 (73) | 20 (47) | 44 (58) | 7 (21) | 12 (28) | 19 (25) |
Calves only | 3 (9) | 15 (35) | 18 (24) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Whole group | 4 (12) | 3 (7) | 7 (9) | 24 (73) | 26 (60) | 50 (66) |