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Chemical Immobilization of Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) Using Medetomidine and Ketamine  

Kim, Kyoo-tae (Wild Animal Hospital, Daejeon Zoo Land)
Kim, Jong-bu (Wild Animal Hospital, Daejeon Zoo Land)
Chang, Kyung-cheol (Wild Animal Hospital, Daejeon Zoo Land)
Lee, Il-bum (Wild Animal Hospital, Daejeon Zoo Land)
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Research / v.43, no.3, 2003 , pp. 501-505 More about this Journal
Abstract
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.
Keywords
giraffe; chemical immobilization; medetomidine; ketamine; atipamezole;
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