A combination of xylazine hydrochloride-ketamine hydrochloride was used to immobilize 83 wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) (15 pups and 68 adults) at Doñana National Park (Spain). Mean ketamine hydrochloride doses were 17.1 mg/kg (SE = 1.53) and 12.3 mg/kg (SE = 0.4) for pups and adults, respectively, and mean xylazine hydrochloride doses for the same groups were 6.2 mg/kg (SE = 0.63) and 4.7 mg/kg (SE = 0.14), respectively. Mean induction times and first reaction times were 1.6 minutes and 22.5 minutes for pups and 3.8 minutes and 39.4 minutes for adults, respectively. Recommended doses for wild adult foxes of unknown weight are 75 mg of ketamine hydrochloride and 20 mg of xylazine hydrochloride.
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1 July 1992
Xylazine Hydrochloride-ketamine Hydrochloride Immobilization of Free-living Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Spain
Alejandro Travaini,
Pablo Ferreras,
Miguel Delibes,
Juan J. Aldama

Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 28 • No. 3
July 1992
Vol. 28 • No. 3
July 1992
immobilization
ketamine hydrochloride
red fox
Spain
Vulpes vulpes
xylazine hydrochloride