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| Cid,Bruno; Costa,Rodrigo de C. da; Balthazar,Daniel de A.; Augusto,Anderson M.; Pires,Alexandra S.; Fernandez,Fernando A. S.. |
| Reintroduction has been recognized as a powerful conservation tool, but in order to ensure its success, animal monitoring is highly recommended. One way to monitor released animals is to put radiotelemetry collars on them. These devices, however, can harm the subjects, causing serious wounds. Our objectives in this work were to describe the injuries caused by a radiotelemetry collar model on reintroduced agoutis and to propose modifications to it. We equipped agoutis with TXE-311C radio collars (Telenax Wildlife Telemetry) before releasing them in the wild. They acquired serious wounds and one animal died. We then modified the collar structure to reduce its width and retention of water. After these modifications, the injuries did not occur again. As... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Marking effects; Radiocollars; Rainforest; Rodents; Telemetry. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000100015 |
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