Use of a Dorsal Radio-Transmitter Implant in American Badgers, Taxidea taxus | Zendy

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Use of a Dorsal Radio-Transmitter Implant in American Badgers, <em>Taxidea taxus</em>

Author(s) -

Gilbert Proulx,

N. MacKenzie

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the canadian field-naturalist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 28

ISSN - 0008-3550

DOI - 10.22621/cfn.v126i3.1364

Subject(s) - transmitter , dorsum , antenna (radio) , telecommunications , medicine , anatomy , engineering , channel (broadcasting)

We investigated the use of a dorsally implanted radio-transmitter in four American Badgers ( Taxidea taxus ) in southwestern Saskatchewan. The dorsal radio-transmitter did not appear to affect the health or behaviour of the animals. When the antenna was stretched out subcutaneously along the animal’s back, the signal could be received from about 1 km away when the animal was above ground and from 750 m away when it was in the den. The dorsal implantation of radio-transmitters is a promising technique for the study of the movements of American Badgers.

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