| Chemical Immobilization of Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) Using Medetomidine and Ketamine |
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Kyoo-tae Kim, Jong-bu Kim, Kyung-cheol Chang, Il-bum Lee |
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Wild Animal Hospital, Daejeon Zoo Land |
| Medetomidine과 Ketamine을 사용한 그물무늬 기린마취에 대한 고찰 |
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김규태, 김종부, 장경철, 이일범 |
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대전동물원 동물병원 |
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| Abstract |
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The chemical immobilization in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) remains a challenge because of their size, behavior, and anatomic and physiologic characteristics that commonly create life threatening problems during immobilization. The drug combination medetomidine (MED) and ketamine (KET) was administered by remote injection. The dosages of MED and KET were correlated to the giraffe's shoulder height (SH), become recumbent with a dosage of $114{mu}g$ of MED and 2.1 mg of KET, $320{mu}g$ of atipamezole per cm of SH, respectively. After injection of the drugs, initial signs of sedation including ataxia were noticed at 3 minutes followed by lateral recombency at 12 minutes. The mean heart rate, respiratory rate and rectal temperature recorded during the procedures were 55 beats per minute, 48 breaths per minute and $36.6^{circ}C$, respectively. Atipamezole was administered, after 33 minutes result in death. Assuming that 24 hours fasting times were short and light esteemed of atipamzole adverse effects like vomiting, passive regurgitation. |
| Key Words:
giraffe, chemical immobilization, medetomidine, ketamine, atipamezole |
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