IMMOBILIZATION OF THE ENDANGERED IBERIAN LYNX WITH XYLAZINE-HYDROCHLORIDE AND KETAMINE-HYDROCHLORIDE

Authors
FERRERAS P ALDAMA JJ BELTRAN JF DELIBES M
Citation
P. Ferreras et al., IMMOBILIZATION OF THE ENDANGERED IBERIAN LYNX WITH XYLAZINE-HYDROCHLORIDE AND KETAMINE-HYDROCHLORIDE, Journal of wildlife diseases, 30(1), 1994, pp. 65-68
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of wildlife diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00903558
Volume
30
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
65 - 68
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(1994)30:1<65:IOTEIL>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A combination of the dissociative anesthetic ketamine hydrochloride (K H) and the sedative xylazine hydrochloride (XH) was used to immobilize 31 wild Iberian lynx (Felis pardina) 45 times at Donana National Park , Spain. A mean (+/-SE) dose of 4.6 (+/-0.2) mg/kg KH and 4.0 (+/-0.2) mg/kg XH resulted in mean (+/-SE) induction time of 5.6 (+/-0.3) min and mean (+/-SE) first reaction time of 59.3 (+/-6.5) min. Convulsions occurred four times (9%), but with no noteworthy consequences.