Surgical implantation and evaluation of heart rate transmitters in captive bighorn sheep

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 547-554

  Wild, Margaret A ^a   Piermattei, Donald L ^b   Heath, R Bruce ^b   Baker, Dan L ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Heart rate; Ovis canadensis; Surgical technique; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SHEEP; STANDARD; TELEMETRY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SHEEP; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0032110764     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.547     Document Type: Article

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