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25 July 2022 Safety and Efficacy of Nalbuphine, Medetomidine, and Azaperone for Immobilizing Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia)
Logan F. Thomas, Chase M. Nunez, Robert O. Dittmar, Raquel R. Rech, Jack J. Richison, William R. Lance, Walter E. Cook
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Abstract

We evaluated the safety and efficacy of nalbuphine (40 mg/mL), plus medetomidine (10 mg/mL), plus azaperone (10 mg/mL) under the premixed label NalMed-A. From January to March 2020, 10 aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) were immobilized via dart-gun for seven separate sampling periods for a total of 45 recorded individual immobilization events. Induction and reversal times with NalMed-A were 5.53±2.61 min and (following atipamezole administration) 5.08±2.43 min while previous studies with alpha-2 agonist–ketamine combinations gave median and average induction times of 4.6 min and 11.2 min using medetomidine-ketamine and xylazine-ketamine, respectively. Overall, NalMed-A adequately immobilized aoudad, with 13% incidence of hyperthermia and 2.22% mortality when delivered via dart.

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Logan F. Thomas, Chase M. Nunez, Robert O. Dittmar, Raquel R. Rech, Jack J. Richison, William R. Lance, and Walter E. Cook "Safety and Efficacy of Nalbuphine, Medetomidine, and Azaperone for Immobilizing Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 58(3), 636-640, (25 July 2022). https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-21-00120
Received: 9 July 2021; Accepted: 22 December 2021; Published: 25 July 2022
KEYWORDS
aoudad
Barbary sheep
chemical immobilization
induction time
NalMed-A
reversal time
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