title: Surgical procedure for implanting a radiotelemetry transmitter to monitor ECG, heart rate and body temperature in small Carassius auratus and Carassius auratus gibelio under laboratory conditions.
abstract: Radiotelemetry provides an alternative means of obtaining physiological measurements from conscious and freely moving animals, without introducing stress artefacts. A surgical procedure is described for implanting radiotelemetry transmitters to monitor the electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate (HR) and body temperature (BT) in small goldfish (Carassius auratus; 50-100 g) and Prussian carp (Carassius auratus gibelio; 100 g). This type of transmitter is commonly implanted in freely moving mice. After surgery and a recovery period of 24 h, the ECG, HR and BT were recorded in freely swimming fish within the limitations of the aquarium.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology, Van der Klaauw Laboratory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. p.c.snelderwaard@biology.leidenuniv.nl
authors.forename: P Ch
authors.initials: PCh
authors.lastname: Snelderwaard
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: van Ginneken
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Witte
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Voss
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D049628:Body Size / Q000502:physiology*; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D006054:Goldfish / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*