Photo sensors increase likelihood of detection of expelled vaginal implant transmitters

ABSTRACT Vaginal implant transmitters (VITs) are small radiotransmitters implanted in the vaginal canal of adult female ungulates following the breeding season. Immediately prior to parturition, the VIT is expelled and a temperature sensor causes the pulse rate to change from 40 pulses/minute to 80 ...

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Main Authors: Michael J. Cherry, Melinda A. Nelson, Robert J. Warren, L. Mike Conner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-12-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.346
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