 Reference Base  Castration of a black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis minor |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa |
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Translocation - Immobilization |
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Black Rhino |
Diceros bicornis in Addo NP, South Africa. The animal, that was already released in the Addo bush was subsequently sought out and immobilized, using a powder-charged hypodermic-projectile firing gun and a 1 ml capacity spingloaded projectile syringe loaded with a newly developed piperidine derivative (R33799) in a dosage of 2 mg as prescribed by De Vos (1978, Vet.rec., 103: 64-68). The animal went down in 3 ? minutes and castration procedures commenced 15 minutes later.
Fifteen mg cyprenorphine hydrochloride (M285) were given intravenously as an antidote to R33799. The animal got up in 4 minutes, seemed totally aware of his surroundings and moved off.
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