title: Anesthesia for prairie dogs.
abstract: The combination of 20 mg xylazine/kg of body weight and 100-150 mg ketamine/kg of body weight provided satisfactory levels of anesthesia in 63 prairie dogs, and the combination was tolerated well with a mortality rate of 3.2%.
mesh_terms: D000075:Acepromazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D012377:Rodentia / Q000601:surgery; D014991:Xylazine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014991:Xylazine; D000075:Acepromazine; D007649:Ketamine