SERIAL TRANQUILIZATION OF A RETICULATED GIRAFFE (GIRAFFA-CAMELOPARDALIS-RETICULATA) USING XYLAZINE

Authors
FISCHER MT MILLER RE HOUSTON EW
Citation
Mt. Fischer et al., SERIAL TRANQUILIZATION OF A RETICULATED GIRAFFE (GIRAFFA-CAMELOPARDALIS-RETICULATA) USING XYLAZINE, Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine, 28(2), 1997, pp. 182-184
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
10427260
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
182 - 184
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-7260(1997)28:2<182:STOARG>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A 5-yr-old captive-born reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis re ticulata) was tranquilized with i.m. xylazine 34 times in a 39-day per iod to allow nursing by her calf. Xylazine administered at approximate ly 0.16 mg/kg i.m. provided adequate sedation of the dam without detri mental side effects to the dam or the calf. While the dam was sedated, the calf was able to ingest adequate amounts of milk to produce accep table weight gains until he was consistently eating solid foods.