Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus).
Collection of biological samples from pteropid bats requires chemical restraint of the bats to minimize risks to humans and stress to the bat. The effectiveness of an intravenous combination of ketamine and xylazine for short-term restraint of wild-caught variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus)...
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| author | Abd Rahman, Sohayati C. Mamat, Zaini Hassan, Latiffah Epstein, Jonathan Harris Arshad, Siti Suri Syed Hassan, Sharifah Daszak, Peter |
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| description | Collection of biological samples from pteropid bats requires chemical restraint of the bats to minimize risks to humans and stress to the bat. The effectiveness of an intravenous combination of ketamine and xylazine for short-term restraint of wild-caught variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus) in a field situation was evaluated.
Eight adult male variable flying foxes were injected intravenously with 0.1 ml of ketamine and xylaxine containing 5 mg of ketamine and 1 mg of xylazine. The mean induction time was 80 20 sec, and mean immobilization time was 26 10 min. The ketamine–xylazine combination used in this study produced effective short-term immobilization of
wild variable flying foxes for the collection of biological samples. |
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| spelling | upm-153822015-12-03T08:05:26Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15382/ Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). Abd Rahman, Sohayati C. Mamat, Zaini Hassan, Latiffah Epstein, Jonathan Harris Arshad, Siti Suri Syed Hassan, Sharifah Daszak, Peter Collection of biological samples from pteropid bats requires chemical restraint of the bats to minimize risks to humans and stress to the bat. The effectiveness of an intravenous combination of ketamine and xylazine for short-term restraint of wild-caught variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus) in a field situation was evaluated. Eight adult male variable flying foxes were injected intravenously with 0.1 ml of ketamine and xylaxine containing 5 mg of ketamine and 1 mg of xylazine. The mean induction time was 80 20 sec, and mean immobilization time was 26 10 min. The ketamine–xylazine combination used in this study produced effective short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes for the collection of biological samples. American Association of Zoo Veterinarians 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15382/1/Ketamine%20and%20xylazine%20combinations%20for%20short-term.pdf Abd Rahman, Sohayati and C. Mamat, Zaini and Hassan, Latiffah and Epstein, Jonathan Harris and Arshad, Siti Suri and Syed Hassan, Sharifah and Daszak, Peter (2008) Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 39 (4). pp. 674-676. ISSN 1042-7260 10.1638/2006-0061.1 English |
| spellingShingle | Abd Rahman, Sohayati C. Mamat, Zaini Hassan, Latiffah Epstein, Jonathan Harris Arshad, Siti Suri Syed Hassan, Sharifah Daszak, Peter Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). |
| title | Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). |
| title_full | Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). |
| title_fullStr | Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). |
| title_short | Ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). |
| title_sort | ketamine and xylazine combinations for short-term immobilization of wild variable flying foxes (pteropus hypomelanus). |
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