Techniques for Immobilizing and Bleeding Marmots and Woodrats

Barbara A. Frase; Dirk Van Vuren

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.444

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1 July 1989 Techniques for Immobilizing and Bleeding Marmots and Woodrats

Barbara A. Frase, Dirk Van Vuren

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 25(3):444-445 (1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.444

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Blood samples were obtained in the field by femoral vein puncture in bushy-tailed woodrats (Neotoma cinerea) and yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) that had been injected intramuscularly with ketamine hydrochloride. Dosages ranged from 50 mg/kg for marmots to 30 to 110 mg/kg for woodrats. Sedated animals were handled easily, and a volume of blood sufficient for hematological assays or electrophoresis could be collected.

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Barbara A. Frase and Dirk Van Vuren "Techniques for Immobilizing and Bleeding Marmots and Woodrats," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 25(3), 444-445, (1 July 1989). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-25.3.444

Received: 23 May 1988; Published: 1 July 1989

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