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Technical note: a noninvasive procedure for measuring goat heart rates
E L Besch1, S M Varosi, R L Brigmon
1Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0144.
Journal of Animal Science
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
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.