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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 41(2), 2005, pp. 467-470
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Use of Medetomidine-Ketamine and Atipamezole for Reversible Immobilization of Free-ranging Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) Captured in Drive Nets

Jon M. Arnemo1,2,5, Torstein Storaas2, Chitra B. Khadka3 and Per Wegge4

1 Section of Arctic Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene and Infection Biology, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, NO-9292 Tromsø, Norway;
2 Department of Forestry and Wilderness Management, Hedmark University College, NO-2480 Koppang, Norway;
3 Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Royal Bardia National Park, Thakurdwara, Bardia, Nepal;
4 Department of Biology and Nature Conservation, Agricultural University of Norway, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
5 Corresponding author (email: jmarnemo{at}online.no)

ABSTRACT:   A combination of 0.05 mg/kg medetomidine and 1.5 mg/kg ketamine was used to immobilize nine adult free-ranging hog deer (Axis porcinus) captured in drive nets in the Royal Bardia National Park, Nepal, 22–23 February 2000. The drugs were administered intramuscularly from separate syringes and the mean time (±SD) to complete immobilization was 4.6±1.0 min. Muscle relaxation was good and no major clinical side effects were seen. Mean values for physiologic parameters, recorded at 10–12 and 18–20 min after drug administration, were 40.6±0.5 and 41.1±0.6 C, 87±5 and 84±4%, 107±16 and 113±16 beats/ min, and 46±9 and 40±8 breaths/min for rectal temperature, SpO2, pulse rate, and respiratory rate, respectively. All animals received 0.25 mg/ kg atipamezole intramuscularly 20–22 min after administration of medetomidine-ketamine and the mean time to coordinated running was 4.8±0.8 min. All animals survived for at least 5 mo post-capture. To reduce stress and to facilitate handling, medetomidine–ketamine and atipamezole are recommended for reversible immobilization of free-ranging hog deer captured in drive nets.
  Key words:  Atipamezole, Axis porcinus, hog deer, immobilization, ketamine, medetomidine.






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