Xylazine Hydrochioride-ketamine Hydrochloride Immobilization of Free-living Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Spain
A combination of xylazine hydro chioride-ketamine hydrochloride was used to immobilize 83 wild red foxes (Vuipes wipes) (15 pups and 68 adults) at Doliarta National Park (Spain). Mean ketamine hydrochloride doses were 17.1 mg/kg (SE = 1.53) and 12.3 mg/kg (SE = 0.4) for pups and adults, respectivel...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1992 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/50832 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/50832 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | immobilization ketamine hy drochloride Red fox Vuipes vuipes xylazine hydrochloride Spain |
| Sumario: | A combination of xylazine hydro chioride-ketamine hydrochloride was used to immobilize 83 wild red foxes (Vuipes wipes) (15 pups and 68 adults) at Doliarta National Park (Spain). Mean ketamine hydrochloride doses were 17.1 mg/kg (SE = 1.53) and 12.3 mg/kg (SE = 0.4) for pups and adults, respectively, and mean xylazine hydrochloride doses for the same groups Were 6.2 mg/kg (SE = 0.63) and 4.7 mg/ kg (SE 0.14), respectively. Mean induction times and first reaction times were 1.6 minutes and 22.5 minutes for pups and 3.8 minutes and 39.4 minutes for adults, respectivcly. Recom mended doses for wild adult foxes of unknown weight are 75 mg of ketamine hydrochloride arid 20 mg of xylazine hydrochloride |
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