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| Grassman Jr., L.I.; Austin, S.C.; Tewes, M.E.; Silvy, N.J. | |
| Comparative immobilization of wild felids in Thailand | |
| 2004 Journal of Wildlife Diseases (40): 575-578 | |
We immobilized individuals of four free-ranging felid species, leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Asiatic golden cat (Catopuma temminckii), and marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) with ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride (KH-XH) and with tiletamine hydrochloride and zolazepam hydrochloride (TH-ZH) between March 1998 and July 2002. Mean (6SD) dose of KH and XH was 26.5165.71 mg/kg and 1.8960.43 mg/kg, respectively (n525), and mean dose of TH-ZH was 11.6163.39 mg/kg (n528). Dose was significantly correlated with induction time (P,0.001) and duration of anesthesia (P,0.05), but not with recovery time. There were significant differences between the drug combinations in time to induction (P,0.03) and time to anesthesia (P,0.01); recovery times were not significantly different. We conclude that immobilization of these felids with TH-ZH and KH-XH is effective and safe, but TH-ZH is preferred because of the smaller volume of drug necessary for sedation, faster time to induction, and absence of prolonged muscle rigidity during anesthesia. |
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