Determination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)

dc.contributor.authorJoubert, Kenneth E.
dc.contributor.authorSerfontein, Tania
dc.contributor.authorScantlebury, Michael
dc.contributor.authorManjerovic, Mary-Beth
dc.contributor.authorBateman, Philip W.
dc.contributor.authorBennett, Nigel Charles
dc.contributor.authorWaterman, Jane M.
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-15T10:36:24Z
dc.date.available2011-08-15T10:36:24Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine was determined in 25 Cape ground squirrels (Xerus inauris) undergoing surgical implantation of a temperature logger into the abdominal cavity. At the end of anaesthesia, the squirrels were given atipamezole intramuscularly to reverse the effects of medetomidine. The mean dose of medetomidine was 67.6±9.2 μg/kg, ketamine 13.6±1.9 mg/kg and buprenorphine 0.5±0.06 μg/kg. Induction time was 3.1 ± 1.4 min. This produced surgical anaesthesia for 21± 4.2 min. Atipamezole 232±92 μg/kg produced a rapid recovery. Squirrels were sternally recumbent in 3.5 ± 2.2 min.en
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dc.identifier.citationJoubert, KE, Serfontein, T, Scantlebury, M, Manjerovic, MB, Bateman, PW, Bennett, NC & Waterman, JM 2011, ‘Determination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketaminebuprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)’, Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, vol, 82, no. 2, pp. 94–96.en
dc.identifier.issn0038-2809
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17057
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSouth African Veterinary Associationen
dc.rightsSouth African Veterinary Associationen
dc.subjectAnaesthesiaen
dc.subjectAtipamezoleen
dc.subjectBuprenorphineen
dc.subjectCape ground squirrelen
dc.subjectKetamineen
dc.subjectMedetomidineen
dc.subjectXerus inaurisen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary anesthesiaen
dc.subject.lcshSquirrelsen
dc.titleDetermination of an optimal dose of medetomidine-ketamine-buprenorphine for anaesthesia in the Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)en
dc.typeArticleen

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