Chemical immobilization is necessary for the physiological study of large wild animals.
However, the immobilizing drugs can adversely affect the cardiovascular and respiratory …

Improvement of chemical capture is an important part of wildlife conservation and animal
welfare to minimise distress for the animals and the risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim …

Neurophysiological studies have shown that serotonergic ligands that bind to 5-HT1A, 5-
HT7, and 5-HT4 serotonin receptors in brain stem have beneficial effects on respiratory …

Eight healthy Suffolk sheep (Ovis ovis) were used in a crossover study to determine the
cardiovascular and respiratory effects of im carfentanil-xylazine and im medetomidine …

Potent opioids are known to cause negative alterations to the physiology of immobilised
antelope. How these effects differ between species has not been studied. This study aimed …

Free-living lions (12 per group) were immobilized with tiletamine-zolazepam-medetomidine
(TZM), ketamine-medetomidine (KM), or ketamine-butorphanol-medetomidine (KBM) …

Thirty-six free-ranging lions (12 per group) were immobilized with tiletamine–zolazepam
(Zoletil 0.6 mg/kg im) plus medetomidine (0.036 mg/kg im)(TZM), ketamine (3.0 mg/kg im) …

Anesthesia was induced and maintained in 6 Suffolk wethers by continuous iv infusion of
guaifenesin (50 mg/ml), ketamine (1 mg/ml), and xylazine (0.1 mg/ml) in 5% dextrose in …

With the use of a crossover study design, we investigated the respiratory and cardiovascular
effects of naloxone administration in eight healthy Rocky Mountain wapiti (Cervus elaphus …

Objective—To evaluate pulmonary and cardiovascular effects of a recruitment maneuver
(RM) combined with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) during total intravenous …