Table 2. Physiological parameters of Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi) anesthetized with a combination of medetomidine-ketamine (M-K) and tiletamine-zolacepam (T-Z).
| Physiological parameter | M-K |
T-Z |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | P10th | P90th | Range | n | Median | P10th | P90th | Range | n | |
| Estimated age (years) | 4.5 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 2–8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7.7 | 2–9 | 7 |
| Female weight (kg) | 11.25 | 9.53 | 12.97 | 9.1–13.4 | 2 | 16 | 12.8 | 17.6 | 12–18 | 3 |
| Male weight (kg) | 25 | 24.2 | 25.16 | 24–25.2 | 3 | 19.75 | 15.9 | 21.71 | 15–21.8 | 4 |
| Heart beats per min | 87 | 78.4 | 107.8 | 74–109 | 5 | 142 | 126 | 174.4 | 126–196 | 7 |
| Respirations per min | 14 | 10.4 | 32.2 | 8–36 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 10–26 | 7 |
| Oxygen saturation (%) | 94 | 89.4 | 96.6 | 87–99 | 4 | 94 | 92.8 | 95.4 | 91–99 | 3 |
| Temperature (°C) | 38.65 | 37.7 | 38.96 | 37.7–39.8 | 5 | 37.8 | 36.78 | 38.2 | 36.6–38.2 | 7 |
P10th, 10th percentile; P90th, 90th percentile.