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Dermatitis prompted by a collar employed in radio-telemetry monitoring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

GA Ferreira ,
ML Pinto ,
E Nakano-Oliveira  and
G Genaro
GA Ferreira*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia e Comportamento Animal, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia, IPeC Campinas, Brazil
ML Pinto
Affiliation:
Centro Universitário Barão de Mauá, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
E Nakano-Oliveira
Affiliation:
Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia, IPeC Campinas, Brazil Conselho Nacional de Defesa Ambiental, CNDA São Paulo, Brazil
G Genaro
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia e Comportamento Animal, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil Instituto de Pesquisas Cananéia, IPeC Campinas, Brazil
*
* Contact for correspondence and requests for reprints: ferreira.g.a@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Technological advances, such as radio-telemetry, have been increasingly employed for animal monitoring because they can furnish important information regarding the ecology and behaviour of various species. However, during a study on semi-domiciled domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus)conducted in an environmental protection area in Ilha Comprida, state of São Paulo, Brazil, we identified a case of dermatitis that was caused by a radio-collar, which was first noticed by the pet owner. This provided the opportunity for close observation not normally possible when these are used to track animals in the wild. It is our aim to bring the possibility that skin inflammation may develop when using radio-collars in radio-telemetry monitoring to the attention of other researchers. This finding highlights the need for greater attention to be paid to the use of this methodology, especially in the realm of wild animals.

Keywords

animal welfareAtlantic ForestdermatitisFelis silvestris catusradio-collartelemetry
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , May 2013 , pp. 195 - 197
Copyright
© 2013 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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