THE ACID-BASE STATUS OF LIONS, Panthera leo, IMMOBILIZED WITH FOUR DRUG COMBINATIONS
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 14 (1) , 102-109
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.1.102
Abstract
Immobilizations (58) were conducted using 21 lions (P. leo) and 4 drug combinations. The combinations used were ketamine-phencyclidine-promazine, xylazine-phencyclidine-promazine, xylazine-ketamine-phencyclidine-promazine and tiletamine-zolazepam. All 4 combinations produced only insignificant alterations to the lions'' acid-base balance during immobilization. Tiletamine-zolazepam-immobilized lions had rapid induction times, good muscle relaxation and freedom from convulsions. Lions immobilized with the other 3 combinations encountered long induction periods, muscle rigidity, vomiting, retching and convulsions.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: