EPIDURAL ANALGESIA IN ADDAX (ADDAX-NASOMACULATUS)

Epidural analgesia was used 22 times in three female addax (Addax naso maculatus). The addax were physically restrained in a drop-floor chute and sedated with acepromazine (0.14-0.34 mg/kg). Epidural analgesia w as induced with 2% lidocaine (0.17-0.38 mg/kg) via a 20-ga I-inch need le placed at the sacrococcygeal intervertebral space or the first inte rcoccygeal intervertebral space. Adequate analgesia was attained to al low manipulation of the reproductive tract and transvaginal ultrasound -guided oocyte collection.