nCounter Contact Proximity

Disease epidemiology (spread of infectious pathogens)

Inter and intra species interactions (reproductive strategy, herd coherence, social interactions, social behavior)

Temporal variation in within-group contacts in a high-density population in naturally infected individuals

Detecting the variability in contact patterns within and between species with better spacial resolution than ever possible before

Contact Networks in a Wildlife-Livestock Host Community: Identifying High-Risk Individuals in the Transmission of Bovine TB among Badgers and Cattle
Monika Bo¨hm1, Michael R. Hutchings2, Piran C. L. White1*
1 Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom, 2 Disease Systems, Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), Edinburgh, United Kingdom

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0005016&type=printable

Social relationships and reproductive behavior of island foxes inferred from proximity logger data
KATHERINE RALLS,* JESSICA N. SANCHEZ, JENNIFER SAVAGE, TIMOTHY J. COONAN, BRIAN R. HUDGENS, AND BRIAN L. CYPHER

http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-057.1?journalCode=mamm

Close Contact Proximity (5-10 feet)

Close contact proximity event logging for studies of disease transmission and social interaction.
The detection range can be defined down to 5 feet.

NOTE: The actual range of proximity signals is determined by many factors other than transmitter’s power, receiver’s sensitivity, and frequency range used. They can be: transmitter’s and receiver’s antenna elevation above the ground – which are dependent on species under study, animal’s neck size – which determines antenna length and type, terrain, vegetation, etc. It is possible, especially while studying small animals, that what we call far proximity exhibits range of a few tens of feet only.

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