Rectal Temperatures of Immobilized, Snare-trapped Black Bears in Great Dismal Swamp

Eric C. Hellgren; Michael R. Vaughan

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.440

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1 July 1989 Rectal Temperatures of Immobilized, Snare-trapped Black Bears in Great Dismal Swamp

Eric C. Hellgren, Michael R. Vaughan

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 25(3):440-443 (1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.440

Abstract

Rectal temperature was determined for 84 black bears (Ursus americanus) during 99 handlings in Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia and North Carolina (USA). All bears had been trapped with cable snares and immobilized with a 2:1 ketamine hydrochloride-xylazine hydrochloride mixture. Temperatures were significantly greater in males and varied significantly by season. Immobilized bears began panting at rectal temperatures >42.0 C. One death occurred at 43.0 C. We recommended cooling measures on black bears at rectal temperatures of ≥40.0 C.

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Eric C. Hellgren and Michael R. Vaughan "Rectal Temperatures of Immobilized, Snare-trapped Black Bears in Great Dismal Swamp," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 25(3), 440-443, (1 July 1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.440

Received: 21 November 1988; Published: 1 July 1989

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