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Serial immobilization of a Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestrus) with oral detomidine and oral carfentanil.

Abstract
Detomidine (0.17 +/- 0.03 mg/kg, p.o.) followed in 20 min by carfentanil (7.88 +/- 1.85 microg/kg, p.o.) reliably restrained an adult Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestrus) eight times for short medical procedures. Detomidine caused head droop, sawhorse stance, ataxia or head pressing (or both). Sternal or lateral recumbency was reached within 10.75 +/- 7.6 min of carfentanil administration. Recoveries after i.v. and s.c. administration of yohimbine and naltrexone were smooth and rapid, with the tapir standing within 2-5 min.
AuthorsChristal G Pollock, Edward C Ramsay
JournalJournal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (J Zoo Wildl Med) Vol. 34 Issue 4 Pg. 408-10 (Dec 2003) ISSN: 1042-7260 [Print] United States
PMID15077719 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Imidazoles
  • detomidine
  • carfentanil
  • Fentanyl
Topics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Analgesics, Opioid (administration & dosage)
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Fentanyl (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives)
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives (administration & dosage)
  • Imidazoles (administration & dosage)
  • Immobilization
  • Perissodactyla (physiology)

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