Reversible immobilization of free-ranging svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) with medetomidine-ketamine and atipamezole

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 877-880

  Arnemo, Jon M ^a,b   Aanes, Ronny ^a,c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atipamezole; Immobilization; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus; Svalbard reindeer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; REINDEER;

EID: 70349303887     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.3.877     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. ALTMAN, D. G. 1991. Practical statistics for medical research. Chapman & Hall, London, UK, pp. 194-197.
2. ARNEMO, J. M., T. NEGARD, AND N. SØLI, 1994. Chemical capture of free-ranging red deer (Cerous elaphus) with medetomidine-ketamine. Rangifer 14: 123-127.
3. R. AANES, N. A. CAULKETT, W. J. RETTIE, AND J. C. HAIGH, 2000. Reversible immobilization of free-ranging Svalbard reindeer, Norwegian reindeer and woodland caribou: a comparison of medetomidine-ketamine and atipamezole in three subspecies of Rangifer tarandus. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association, Jackson Lake, Wyoming, 4-8 June, 2000, p. 49.
4. BERNTSEN, F. 1994. Medical immobilisation of Svalbard reindeer. Proceedings of the 1st European Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association, European Section, Paris, France, 22-24 November, 1994, p. 15.
5. BLIX, A. S. 2005. Arctic animals and their adaptations to life on the edge. Tapir Academic Press, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 242-250.
6. CAULKETT, N. A., AND J. M. ARNEMO. 2007. Chemical immobilization of free-ranging terrestrial mammals. In Lumb & Jones' Veterinary anesthesia and analgesia. 4th Edition, W. J. Tranquilli, J. C. Thurmon and K. Grimm (eds.). Blackwell Publications, Ames, Iowa, pp. 807-831.
7. W. J. RETTIE, AND J. C. HAIGH. 1996. Immobilization of free ranging woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) with medetomidine-ketamine and reversal with atipamezole. Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 3-8 November 1996, pp. 389-393.
8. HANSEN, B. B. 2008. The Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and its food base: plant-herbivore interactions in a high-arctic ecosystem. PhD Dissertation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 160 pp.
9. JALANKA, H. 1989. The use of medetomidine, medetomidine-ketamine combinations and atipamezole at Helsinki Zoo-A review of 240 cases. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Supplementum 85: 193-197.
10. AND B. O. ROEKEN. 1990. The use of medetomidine, medetomidine-ketamine combinations, and atipamezole in non-domestic mammals: A review. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 21: 259-282.
11. KREEGER, T. J., AND J. M. ARNEMO. 2007. Handbook of wildlife chemical immobilization. 3rd Edition. International Wildlife Veterinary Services, Inc, Wheatland, Wyoming, 432 pp.
12. RANHEM, B., T. E. HORSBERG, U. NYMOEN, N. E. SØLI, N. J. C. TYLER, AND J. M. ARNEMO. 1997. Reversal of medetomidine-induced sedation in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) with atipamezole increases the medetomidine concentration in plasma. Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 20: 350-354.
13. SOVERI, T., S. SANKARI, J. S. SALONEN, AND M. NIEMINEN. 1999. Effects of immobilization with medetomidine and reversal with atipamezole on blood chemistry of semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) in autumn and late winter. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 40: 335-349.
14. TYLER, N. J. C., R. HOTVEDT, A. S. BLIX, AND D. R. SØRENSEN. 1990. Immobilization of Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) and Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhtjnchus) with medetomidine and medetomidine-ketamine and reversal of immobilization with atipamezole. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavia 31: 479-488.