Determination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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| Title | Determination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) | |
| Creator | Joubert, K. E. Serfontein, T. Scantlebury, M. Manjerovic, M B Bateman, P. W. Manjerovic, M B Bateman, P. W. Bennett, N. C. Waterman, J. M. | |
| Description | The optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine was determined in 25 Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) undergoing surgical implantation of a temperature logger into the abdominal cavity. At the end of anaesthesia, the squirrels were given atipamezole intramuscularly to reverse the effects of medetomidine. The mean dose of medetomidine was 67.6±9.2 μg/kg, ketamine 13.6±1.9 mg/kg and buprenorphine 0.5±0.06 μg/kg. Induction time was 3.1 ± 1.4 min. This produced surgical anaesthesia for 21± 4.2 min. Atipamezole 232±92 μg/kg produced a rapid recovery. Squirrels were sternally recumbent in 3.5 ± 2.2 min. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2011-04-11 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v82i2.41 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 82, No 2 (2011); 94-96 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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