title: Immobilization of the endangered Iberian lynx with xylazine- and ketamine-hydrochloride.
abstract: A combination of the dissociative anesthetic ketamine hydrochloride (KH) and the sedative xylazine hydrochloride (XH) was used to immobilize 31 wild Iberian lynx (Felis pardina) 45 times at Doñana National Park, Spain. A mean (+/- SE) dose of 4.6 (+/- 0.2) mg/kg KH and 4.0 (+/- 0.2) mg/kg XH resulted in mean (+/- SE) induction time of 5.6 (+/- 0.3) min and mean (+/- SE) first reaction time of 59.3 (+/- 6.5) min. Convulsions occurred four times (9%), but with no noteworthy consequences.
authors.affiliation: Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferreras
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Aldama
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Beltrán
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delibes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000502:physiology*; D001831:Body Temperature; D002335:Carnivora / Q000502:physiology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D007103:Immobilization; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000662:veterinary; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012119:Respiration; D012640:Seizures / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000662:veterinary; D013030:Spain; D013997:Time Factors; D014991:Xylazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D014991:Xylazine; D007649:Ketamine