Technical note: a noninvasive procedure for measuring goat heart rates.
Heart rates were obtained simultaneously from FM radio transmitters and heart rate monitors externally mounted on unanesthetized and unrestrained mixed-breed goats. Data from transmitters were highly correlated (r = .92, P < .0001) with data from monitors and the percentage difference in heart rates between the two devices was less than that observed between animals. Analyses also revealed that radio transmitters provided a reliable, repeatable, and valid method for the noninvasive measurement of goat heart rates.
Besch
E L
EL
Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0144.
Varosi
S M
SM
Brigmon
R L
RL
D000818:Animals; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate; D008297:Male; D011845:Radio; D012044:Regression Analysis