Immobilization of wild ungulates: considerations and drugs.
Chemical immobilization of wild ungulates is a widely used tool of the wildlife researcher and is frequently necessary in the application of telemetry devices. Persons who immobilize wild animals simultaneously assume responsibility for the well-being of those animals. Considerations which must be made prior to immobilization, and some drugs used in ungulate immobilization are briefly discussed.
D000075:Acepromazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000502:physiology*; D001188:Artiodactyla / Q000502:physiology*; D005048:Etorphine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007103:Immobilization; D013390:Succinylcholine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013686:Telemetry / Q000662:veterinary*; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D000777:Anesthetics; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents; D005048:Etorphine; D000075:Acepromazine; D013390:Succinylcholine