Chemical immobilization of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes).
Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were immobilized with one of the following drug combinations: ketamine/xylazine (n = 22), ketamine/promazine (n = 35), ketamine/midazolam (n = 13), or tiletamine/zolazepam (n = 22). Foxes given ketamine/xylazine had the shortest induction and longest recovery times relative to other drug combinations, whereas foxes given ketamine/midazolam had the longest induction times. Recommended doses for the various combinations are given. Foxes given ketamine/xylazine were given either 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 mg/kg yohimbine, or saline 40 min after anesthetic induction. Administration of yohimbine significantly shortened arousal and recovery times relative to control values (P less than 0.001).
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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
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D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D004347:Drug Interactions; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000502:physiology*; D007103:Immobilization; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008874:Midazolam / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011395:Promazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013992:Tiletamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014991:Xylazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015041:Zolazepam / Q000008:administration & dosage
D000777:Anesthetics; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents; D014991:Xylazine; D015016:Yohimbine; D013992:Tiletamine; D007649:Ketamine; D015041:Zolazepam; D011395:Promazine; D008874:Midazolam