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MARC recordGevir / Nicholas Tyler.
| Title: | Gevir / Nicholas Tyler. |
| Translated title: | Antlers. |
| Author(s): | Tyler, Nicholas. |
| Date: | 1993. |
| Language: | Norwegian. |
| In: | Ottar. (1993.), Vol. 195(2) (1993) |
| Abstract: | Article explains difference between antlers and horn, manner of growth, nourishment with blood, drying out, use and casting. Possible reasons are given why reindeer females are unique in having antlers. In reindeer, uniquely, testosterone is not essential for casting of antlers. Brief mention of medicinal use of velvet and trade in it, including from New Zealand. |
| Notes: | Ottar. Vol. 195(2) :43-50 (1993). |
| Keywords: | 59 -- Zoology. 591.1 -- Animal physiology. 591.464.62 -- Antlers. 591.543.4 -- Animals, seasonal changes. 599.735.3 -- Cervidae: Rangifer tarandus. 636.294 -- Reindeer husbandry. 637 -- Domestic animals, products. H6 -- Zoology: mammals. (*3) -- Arctic regions. |
| SPRI record no.: | 122784 |
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