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A Telemetric Aid in Establishing the Cause of Death in Semidomesticated or Wild Animals

En telemetrisk metod för fastställande au dödsorsak hos semidomesticerade och vilda djur

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 16, pages 357–367 (1975)Cite this article

Abstract

Calf mortality among wild and semidomesticated animals, especially reindeer, is established to be high. The authors describe a telemetric method with subcutaneously implanted transmitters which are activated by the lowered body temperature in connection with the death of the animal, enabling it to be found and brought in for pathological examination. Frequency selection, implantation technique and design of transmitter, power source, antenna and surveillance methods are discussed, with a background of commercially available equipment.

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Kalvdödligheten hos vilda och semidomesticerade djur, bl a renar är hög. Författarna beskriver en telemetrisk metod med subcutant inopererade sändare vilka aktiveras när kroppstemperaturen sjunker i samband med djurets död. Därmed kan djuret snabbt återfinnas och föras in till patologanatomisk undersökning. Frekvens, implantationsteknik, utformning av sändare, batteri, antenn och övervakningsmetoder diskuteras med utgångspunkt från i handeln tillgänglig utrustning.

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  1. Department of Applied Mathematics and Computations, Department of Anatomy and Histology, Research Institute of National Defense, Royal Veterinary College, Uppsala 7, S-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden

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Moëll, F., Rehbinder, C. A Telemetric Aid in Establishing the Cause of Death in Semidomesticated or Wild Animals. Acta Vet Scand 16, 357–367 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546653

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