This study assessed whether arterial oxygenation could be increased by treatment with intranasal oxygen supplementation in brown bears (Ursus arctos) with hypoxemia during anesthesia with medetomidine-zolazepam-tiletamine. Arterial blood samples were collected anaerobically from the femoral artery before and during oxygen supplementation. An oxygen flow rate of 2–5 L/min administered intranasally to brown bears weighing 12–120 kg markedly increased arterial oxygenation. Intranasal oxygen supplementation proved to be a simple and efficient method for treatment of hypoxemia in anesthetized bears.
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1 January 2010
Treatment of Hypoxemia During Anesthesia of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos)
Åsa Fahlman,
John Pringle,
Jon M. Arnemo,
Jon E. Swenson,
Sven Brunberg,
Görel Nyman
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Arterial blood gases
brown bear
hypoxemia
immobilization
oxygen supplementation
Ursus arctos