title: Techniques for immobilizing and bleeding marmots and woodrats.
abstract: Blood samples were obtained in the field by femoral vein puncture in bushy-tailed woodrats (Neotoma cinerea) and yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) that had been injected intramuscularly with ketamine hydrochloride. Dosages ranged from 50 mg/kg for marmots to 30 to 110 mg/kg for woodrats. Sedated animals were handled easily, and a volume of blood sufficient for hematological assays or electrophoresis could be collected.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois 61625.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Frase
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Van Vuren
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007103:Immobilization; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008392:Marmota; D012589:Sciuridae
chemical_list: D007649:Ketamine