Xylazine and a xylazine/fentanyl citrate/azaperone combination in farmed deer II: Velvet antler removal and reversal combinations
| Autor: | Kevin J. Stafford, Peter R. Wilson, J. Spoorenberg, J. Biemans, Clare J. Veltman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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| Zdroj: | New Zealand Veterinary Journal. 44:88-94 |
| ISSN: | 1176-0710 0048-0169 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00480169.1996.35942 |
| Popis: | Three studies were undertaken on farmed red and red x wapiti deer to evaluate xylazine and a xylazine/fentanyl citrate/azaperone combination for velvet antler removal. In the first experiment, 30 1-2 year-old red and 25% red x wapiti deer whose velvet was to be removed were given either 5% xylazine alone at 0.5 mg/kg body weight intramuscularly or the same dose rate of a commercially available mixture of 5% xylazine with the addition of 0.4 mg of fentanyl citrate and 3.2 mg of azaperone per ml. Physiological, behavioural and analgesic responses and reversal times after yohimbine or yohimbine and naloxone were monitored. There were no differences in heart rate, respiration rate, sedative or analgesic properties detected between xylazine or the xylazine/fentanyl citrate/azaperone combination. All deer became recumbent, but those given the xylazine/fentanyl citrate/azaperone combination became recumbent more rapidly than those given xylazine alone (9.4 and 12.5 minutes, respectively, p |
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