Individually coded telemetry: A tool for studying heart rate and behaviour in reindeer calves

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 135-144

  Eloranta, E ^a   Norberg, H ^a,c   Nilsson, A ^b   Pudas, T ^a   Sakkinen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Circadian; Heart rate; Individual coding; Measuring technique; Method; Reindeer

Indexed keywords

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART RATE; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART RATE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REINDEER; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0036987248     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-43-135     Document Type: Article

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