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The Akita Prefectural Bureau has planned reindeer farming as a project to promote the livestock industry. It seems that reindeer is a useful animal resource, but the behavior of it and the behavioural changes between reindeer and Japanese native Sika deer has never been reported in Japan. Present study is useful for the development of reindeer farming. Behavior is easily affected by the feeding environment, therefore this study targeted adult reindeer and Yeso Sika deer (male and female) fed under the same conditions. Observation of both deer species was carried out for 3 hours between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. The values of "Concentrated feed intake" and "Rumination" are high m the reindeer data, but these points cancelled each other out. This contradiction would be due to the present short period observation. Therefore a longer period of observation is necessary for a broader understanding.Jpn. J. Livest. Management, 29(3) : 87-89,1994. Received November 8,1993.

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