The use of a ketamine-diazepam mixture to immobilise wild grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina).
A mixture of ketamine and diazepam, at doses of 6 mg/kg and 0.30 mg/kg respectively, proved to be a reliable and reasonably safe immobilisation agent for field work on grey and southern elephant seals. It was better than previously reported drugs used either singly or in combination.
Baker
J R
JR
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, Neston, Wirral.
Anderson
S S
SS
Fedak
M A
MA
D000818:Animals; D010872:Caniformia; D003975:Diazepam / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D007103:Immobilization; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008297:Male; D046048:Seals, Earless
D004338:Drug Combinations; D007649:Ketamine; D003975:Diazepam