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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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Abstract

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.

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
KEYWORDS
blood sampling
Bushy-tailed woodrat
Chemical restraint
field study
ketamine hydrochloride
Marmota flaviventris
Neotoma cinerea
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