Surgical and immediate postrelease mortality of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) implanted with abdominal radio transmitters with percutaneous antennae

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-401

  Mulcahy, Daniel M ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Harlequin duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Radiotelemetry; Transmitters

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DUCK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; IMPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TELEMETRY; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DUCKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0033183170     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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