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IMPLANTING SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS WITH PERCUTANEOUS ANTENNAS INTO BIRDS
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written protocol exists for this technique. Print off a copy and follow along on the videos. Eventually I will add a spoken narration and identify links to the written protocol.Also,
still photographs of the technique are available.
1.Plucking the abdominal incision site.
2.Prepping the abdominal incision site.
3.Plucking the antenna exit site.
4.Prepping the antenna exit site.
5.Making the abdominal incision.
6.Placing the trochar.------------------------------
START .AVI FILE ----- START REAL VIDEO FILE7.Inserting the antenna and transmitter.-----
START .AVI FILE (8Mb!) ----- START REAL VIDEO FILE8.Closing the abdomen.
9.Suturing the antenna collar to the body wall.
10.Releasing the bird.
11.Appearance of the antenna in a swimming bird.
Please remember that these videos are real surgeries done in the field. Lighting is natural. The videocam is placed on a tripod and is therefore static. But, this is a beginning.
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