Vaginal Implant Transmitters for Continuous Body Temperature Measurement in Moose

• Published in: Wildlife Society bulletin (2011) Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 321 - 327
• Main Authors: THOMPSON, DANIEL P., CROUSE, JOHN A., McDONOUGH, THOMAS J., BADAJOS, ORIANA H., ADSEM, JON, BARBOZA, PERRY S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Society 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Tools and Technology

Measuring body temperature in free-ranging ungulates is challenging. We evaluated a vaginal implant transmitter (TVIT) modified to collect continuous body temperature of captive and wild female moose (Alces alces) in Alaska, USA. We deployed TVITs in 18 moose between 2014 and 2016. We manually remov...