title: Telemetric monitoring of body temperature in the horse mare.
abstract: The objective of this study was to develop a radiotelemetric system capable of frequent monitoring of mare body temperature. A radio transmitter was implanted in the flank of each of four mares. Telemetered data were received by a pair of antennae placed at right angles in a 3.3 x 6.6-m stall and stored on a computer hard disk. The data were recorded every 5 minutes except when mares were out of the stall for a 1- to 2- hour exercise period. No effect of environmental temperature, ranging from 5 degrees C to 30 degrees C, on mare body temperature was apparent. The radiotelemetric system used in this study was effective for frequent measurement of mare body temperature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Threlfall
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kline