Postpartum immobilization of adult female moose using xylazine, ketamine and yohimbine hydrochlorides.
Twenty-two free-ranging adult female moose (Alces alces) were immobilized with a 1:4 mixture of xylazine hydrochloride (XH) and ketamine hydrochloride (KH). Mean (SD) dosages/animal for XH and KH were 419 (148) and 1565 (433) mg, respectively. Mean (SD) induction time was 18.4 (9.7) minutes. Reversal with yohimbine hydrochloride using a mean dosage of 83 mg/animal resulted in a mean (SD) recovery time of 22.8 (28.5) minutes.
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Faculty of Environmental and Forest Biology, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse 13210.
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D000818:Animals; D003670:Deer / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007103:Immobilization; D007649:Ketamine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000502:physiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014991:Xylazine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D015016:Yohimbine / Q000494:pharmacology
D014991:Xylazine; D015016:Yohimbine; D007649:Ketamine