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A permanent marking method to identify individual small rodents from birth to sexual maturity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2001

Gwenaëlle C. Leclercq  and
Francine M. Rozenfeld
Gwenaëlle C. Leclercq
Affiliation:
Behavioural Biology of Mammals, Université Libre de Bruxelles CP 160/12, Av. F. Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Francine M. Rozenfeld
Affiliation:
Behavioural Biology of Mammals, Université Libre de Bruxelles CP 160/12, Av. F. Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
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Abstract

This note presents plantar micro-tattooing (subcutaneous injection of Chinese ink) as a good alternative to toe-clipping, which is often used to identify individual rodents. The method was tested under laboratory conditions on voles Microtus arvalis from birth to sexual maturity. This easy, harmless and inexpensive technique could be used in the field, and not only on pups but also on adults of different species.

Keywords

tattooing methodpup identificationrodent
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Zoology , Volume 254 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 203 - 206
Copyright
2001 The Zoological Society of London

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