Table 2. The anesthetic doses used during selected procedures.
| Study Group | mass | induction dose | ketamine | diazepam | ||||||||||
| kg | mg | mg/kg | mg | mg/kg | mg | µg/kg | ||||||||
| sedated weanling | 106 | (22) | 58.0 | (11.0) | 0.55 | (0.10) | 630 | (73) | 5.94 | (0.69) | 4.6 | (3.9) | 4.36 | (3.72) |
| sedated yearling | 111 | (11) | 64.3 | (11.0) | 0.58 | (0.10) | 594 | (110) | 5.35 | (0.99) | 12.0 | (2.9) | 10.81 | (2.59) |
| early weaning | 114 | (17) | 50.0 | (0.0) | 0.44 | (0.00) | 674 | (194) | 5.91 | (1.70) | 2.0 | (2.3) | 1.75 | (1.99) |
| late weaning | 94 | (14) | 45.0 | (6.8) | 0.48 | (0.07) | 372 | (100) | 3.96 | (1.06) | 0.3 | (0.7) | 0.32 | (0.71) |
| early lactation | 536 | (33) | 219.0 | (22.5) | 0.41 | (0.04) | 2200 | (262) | 4.10 | (0.49) | 42.5 | (24.1) | 7.93 | (4.50) |
| late lactation | 374 | (50) | 180.0 | (12.6) | 0.48 | (0.03) | 2286 | (507) | 6.11 | (1.36) | 14.3 | (10.6) | 3.82 | (2.83) |
| molting female | 311 | (21) | 168.3 | (32.0) | 0.54 | (0.10) | 1675 | (301) | 5.39 | (0.97) | 10.2 | (7.1) | 3.28 | (2.28) |
| Grand Mean | 0.496 | (0.062) | 5.25 | (0.88) | 4.61 | (3.62) | ||||||||
The total drug doses are reported as the mean and (sd). The induction dose was equal parts tiletamine and zolazepam—values shown are for each. For each agent the total dose, in mg or µg, and mass-specific doses are reported. The induction dose was administered in a single intramuscular injection; ketamine and diazepam were administered intravenously periodically over 3–3.5 hours of sedation. Data of anesthetic doses for adult males are not reported.