Chemical Restraint of African Lions(Panthera leo) with Medetomidine-Ketamine
| Autor: | Kazuo Nakamura, Tomoko Ogino, Tsunenori Tsujimoto, Nobuyuki Tomizawa, Shigeo Hara, Kazumi Itoh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Lions
Male medicine.medical_specialty Body Temperature Immobilization Chemical restraint Heart Rate biology.animal Animals Hypnotics and Sedatives Medicine Ketamine Anesthetics Dissociative Dose-Response Relationship Drug General Veterinary biology business.industry Respiration Imidazoles Atipamezole Medetomidine Surgery Drug Combinations Muscle relaxation Anesthesia Vomiting Female Panthera medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 59:307-310 |
| ISSN: | 1347-7439 0916-7250 |
| Popis: | Effects of a combination of medetomidine-ketamine as a chemical restraint and antagonistic effects of atipamezole on this combination were investigated in 5 lions. The medetomidine (47.6-58.4 micrograms/kg) and ketamine (1.9-5.7 mg/kg) combination provided complete immobilization with good analgesia and muscle relaxation in 4 lions, while one lioness was poorly sedated by medetomidine, and additional injections of medetomidine and ketamine were required. The duration of anesthesia seemed to be much longer than one hour in 4 of the lions. Atipamezole, at four times the preceding dose of medetomidine, provided a smooth recovery and animals were able to stand up 17-61 min after its injection. Side effects were limited to vomiting after walking in 3 of 5 lions. |
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