Passive Integrated Transponders for Marking Free-Ranging Townsend's Ground Squirrels

We tested passive integrated transponders (PIT) as a technique for marking free-ranging Spermophilus townsendii individually and permanently. We marked 1,179 squirrels with PIT tags. No known mortalities were caused by PIT tagging, and we observed little incidence of infection at the implant site. R...

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Published in:Journal of mammalogy 1993-05, Vol.74 (2), p.480-484
Main Authors: Schooley, Robert L., van Horne, Beatrice, Burnham, Kenneth P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal physiology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Classification
Demographics
Dyes
Ferrets
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Techniques
Ground squirrels
Mammalogy
Mammals
Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...)
Minors
Rodents
Spermophilus townsendii
Squirrels
Transponders
Young animals
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Summary:We tested passive integrated transponders (PIT) as a technique for marking free-ranging Spermophilus townsendii individually and permanently. We marked 1,179 squirrels with PIT tags. No known mortalities were caused by PIT tagging, and we observed little incidence of infection at the implant site. Rates of PIT-tag loss probably were
ISSN:0022-2372
1545-1542
1545-1542
0022-2372
DOI:10.2307/1382406