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dc.contributor.author | Pohlin, Friederike![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Buss, Peter Erik![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Hooijberg, Emma Henriette![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-09T12:56:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-09T12:56:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-07 | |
dc.description.abstract | Acidemia represents a major life-threatening factor during rhinoceros capture. The acid-base status during rhinoceros transport is unknown. The purpose of this study was to describe changes in acid-base status during rhinoceros capture and transport and compare these changes between rhinoceroses sedated with azaperone or midazolam. Twenty-three wild white rhinoceros bulls were road-transported 280 km for reasons unrelated to this study. Rhinoceroses were captured with etorphine-azaperone (Group A) or etorphine-midazolam (Group M). During transport, azaperone (Group A) or midazolam (Group M) was re-administered every 2 h and venous blood collected. Changes in blood pH and associated variables were compared over time and between groups using a general linear mixed model. Rhinoceroses of both groups experienced a respiratory and metabolic acidosis during capture (pH 7.109 ± 0.099 and 7.196 ± 0.111 for Group A and Group M, respectively) that was quickly compensated for by the start of transport (pH 7.441 ± 0.035 and 7.430 ± 0.057) and remained stable throughout the journey. Rhinoceroses from Group M showed a smaller decrease in pH and associated variables at capture than rhinoceroses from Group A (p = 0.012). The use of midazolam instead of azaperone could therefore improve the success of rhinoceros capture and thus, contribute to the outcome of important conservation translocations. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Centre for Wildlife Management | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Companion Animal Clinical Studies | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Paraclinical Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | pm2020 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | International Rhino Foundation (IRF); Wildlife Group of the South African Veterinary Association; South African National Research Foundation; Department of Paraclinical Sciences of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Pohlin, F., Buss, P., Hooijberg, E.H. et al. 2020, 'Midazolam alters acid-base status less than azaperone during the capture and transport of Southern White Rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum)', Animals, vol. 10, no. 8, art. 1323, pp. 1-13. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 2076-2615 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.3390/ani10081323 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76943 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee: MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Acidosis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Azaperone | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Midazolam | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Rhinoceros | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Translocation | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Henderson-Hasselbalch | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Stewart’s approach | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Wildlife | en_ZA |
dc.subject | White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Midazolam alters acid-base status less than azaperone during the capture and transport of Southern White Rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum) | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |