Final Report: Surveys and Investigations Projects as Required by Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, Missouri. Study No. 11. Evaluation of Field Techniques for Mourning Doves. Job No. 3. Physiological and Pathological Effects of Internal and External Radio Transmitters on Mourning Doves

摘要

Although subcutaneous radiotransmitter implants with external antennas have been shown to be a tractable transmitter attachment technique for mourning doves (Zenaida macroura), few experiments have been conducted comparing implants to conventional external attachment techniques. The determine if implants provide an improvement, we compared the physiological and pathological effects of subcutaneous implants with external antennas (SCI), subcutaneous surgeries without implants (SC2), transmitters attached with harnesses (HAR), transmitters with glue attachment (GLU), and a control group (CNT) without surgery or transmitter; we also compared differences in amount of time needed to attach transmitters and transmitter retention rates. A captive colony of 195 wild-trapped doves had equal numbers of males and females assigned to each treatment.