GPS transmitters
Detailed Description
These domestic ducks have been fit with GPS transmitters to track their movements through the market chain.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
Source
Choi, C.-Y., Takekawa, J. Y., Xiong, Y., Liu, Y., Wikelski, M., Heine, G., Prosser, D. J., Newman, S. H., Edwards, J., Guo, F., and Xiao, X., 2016, Tracking domestic ducks: a novel approach for documenting poultry market chains in the context of avian influenza transmission: Journal of Integrative Agriculture, v. 15, no. 7, p. 1584-1594. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61292-8
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