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Comparison of Injuries to Coyote From 3 Types of Cable Foot‐Restraints
Author(s) -
DARROW PATRICK A.,
SKIRPSTUNAS RAMONA T.,
CARLSON S. WADE,
SHIVIK JOHN A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of wildlife management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1937-2817
pISSN - 0022-541X
DOI - 10.2193/2008-566
Subject(s) - foot (prosody) , standardization , canis , medicine , forensic engineering , engineering , biology , computer science , ecology , art , literature , operating system
We compared injury rates among captured coyotes ( Canis latrans ) to determine if modifications to cable foot‐restraints would decrease resulting injuries. Mean International Standardization Organization's injury scores of coyotes caught in 3 types of cable foot‐restraints were 22.2, 37.9, and 60.4 ( F 2,41 = 4.63, P = 0.015) for a chain‐loop, standard cable, and sleeved cable, respectively. These results may be important for trappers and researchers to consider when using a cable foot‐restraint device to capture wildlife.