Table 3

Frequency of antiparasitic – treatment of breeding reindeer in autumn/early winter 2002–2004 with ivermectin inj. 200 μg/kg s.c. or paste 200 μg/kg per os and reindeer densities (see fig 1).

year
2002
2003
2004
Reindeer/km2 in summer 2003

area
inject/paste
inject/paste
inject/paste


1
52%/24%
57%/23%
68%/17%
1.6
2
82%/4%
83%/4%
75%/2%
2.2
3
77%/0.2%
87%/0.3%
90%/0.2%
2.8
4
59%/5%
64%/5%
66%/5%
3.4
tot
69%/7%
73%/7%
75%/5%
2.5

Laaksonen et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:49   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-49