Further refinement of helicopter capture for Australian chital deer (Axis axis) (original) (raw)

Amos, M., De Ridder, T. R., Pople, A. R., Brennan, M. and Hampton, J. O. (2024)Further refinement of helicopter capture for Australian chital deer (Axis axis). Australian Mammalogy, 46 (1). https://doi.org/10.1071/AM23015

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1071/AM23015

Publisher URL: https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM23015

Abstract

This study improves a technique to capture wild chital deer (Axis axis) in northern Australia by darting from a helicopter. We quantified several metrics, including the frequency of adverse animal welfare events. Mortality at the time of capture was 15%, but no animals died post-release, and the frequencies of hyperthermia and hypoxaemia were lower than in previous operations. This study can be used as a template for iterative refinement of high-risk capture methodologies.

Item Type: Article
Corporate Creators: Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Business groups: Biosecurity Queensland
Keywords: animal welfare, chital deer, darting, helicopter capture, mortality, stress, telemetry, ungulates. Agtech Agritech
Subjects: Science > Invasive Species > Animals > Animal control and ecologyScience > Invasive Species > Animals > Impact assessmentAgriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agriculture and the environmentAgriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural conservationAgriculture > Agriculture (General) > Conservation of natural resourcesAnimal culture > Deer
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