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Reference Base  Arterial blood pressure and blood gas composition of whit... |
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| Title: |
Arterial blood pressure and blood gas composition of white rhinoceroses under etorphine anaesthesia |
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Hattingh, J.; Knox, C.M.; Raath, J.P. |
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1994 |
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South African Journal of Wildlife Research |
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24 (1/2) |
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12-14, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Adult white rhinoceroses (7 male and 5 female), immobilized in the Kruger National Park during the period June to September 1992 for translocation to other reserves, were used in this study. |
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Translocation - Immobilization
All Rhino Species
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| Etorphine effects. Immobilization of black Diceros bicornis and white Ceratotherium simum rhinoceroses using etorphine in combination with various other drugs such as fentanyl is routinely carried out in southern African national parks. However, capture, confinement and translocation procedures... |
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Physiology
White Rhino
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| Table 1 Mean arterial blood pressure and arterial P02 and PC02 of white rhinoceroses immobilized with etorphine/ fentanyl (n = 6) and etorphine/ azaperone (n = 6) mixtures
Etorphine/fentanyl Etorphine/azaperone
Arterial pressure (mm Hg) 183 ? 16 141 ? 24
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Morphology - Size
White Rhino
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| Translocation in Kruger NP. The animals were not weighed but body masses were estimated at about 1600 kg. |
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White Rhino
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| - arterial blood pressure in Ceratotherium simum
Table 1 Mean arterial blood pressure and arterial P02 and PC02 of white rhinoceroses immobilized with etorphine/ fentanyl (n = 6) and etorphine/ azaperone (n = 6) mixtures
Etorphine/fentanyl Etorphine/azaperone
Arterial pr... |
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