A combination of the dissociative anesthetic ketamine hydrochloride (KH) and the sedative xylazine hydrochloride (XH) was used to immobilize 31 wild Iberian lynx (Felis pardina) 45 times at Doñana National Park, Spain. A mean (±SE) dose of 4.6 (±0.2) mg/kg KH and 4.0 (±0.2) mg/kg XH resulted in mean (±SE) induction time of 5.6 (±0.3) min and mean (±SE) first reaction time of 59.3 (±6.5) min. Convulsions occurred four times (9%), but with no noteworthy consequences.
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1 January 1994
IMMOBILIZATION OF THE ENDANGERED IBERIAN LYNX WITH XYLAZINE- AND KETAMINE-HYDROCHLORIDE
Pablo Ferreras,
Juan J. Aldama,
Juan F. Beltrán,
Miguel Delibes
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 30 • No. 1
January 1994
Vol. 30 • No. 1
January 1994
Felis pardina
Iberian lynx
immobilization
ketamine hydrochloride
recommended doses
Spain
xylazine hydrochloride