Table 3. Anesthesia results of Sunda clouded leopards (Neofelis diardi) anesthetized with a combination of medetomidine-ketamine (M-K) and tiletamine and zolazepam (T-Z).
| M-K |
T-Z |
P | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | P10th | P90th | Range | n | Median | P10th | P90th | Range | n | ||
| Dose (mg/kg) | 0.04 (M) | 0.03 (M) | 0.05 (M) | 0.03–0.05 (M) | 5 | 7.62 | 6.9 | 9.3 | 6.8–10.8 | 7 | |
| 3.17 (K) | 2.65 (K) | 4.23 (K) | 2.42–4.39 (K) | ||||||||
| 0.20 (A) | 0.19 (A) | 0.25 (A) | 0.19–0.27 (A) | ||||||||
| Induction time (min) | 7 | 4.2 | 11.2 | 3–14 | 5 | 4 | 2.6 | 10 | 2–10 | 7 | 0.04 a) |
| Anesthesia time (min) | 56 | 52.8 | 81.8 | 52–93 | 5 | 244 | 224.8 | 510.4 | 220–577 | 7 | 0.02 a) |
| Antagonist time (min) | 12 | 9.4 | 12.6 | 9–13 | 5 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Recovery time (min) | 16 | 13.2 | 33.6 | 12–44 | 5 | 35 | 25.4 | 35.8 | 23–36 | 6 | 0.02 a) |
(M), Medetomidine; (K), Ketamine; (A), Atipamezole; P10th, 10th percentile; P90th, 90th percentile; NA, Not applicable. a) P<0.05, statistically different.