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. 2014 Jun 25:626–645. doi: 10.1016/B978-1-4557-7397-8.00063-3

TABLE 63-5.

Combinations of Chemical Restraint Agents Used for Induction of Anesthesia in Selected Species of Antilocapridae and Bovidae*3, 8, 10, 29, 31, 53

CARF ETOR THIA XYL MED DET KET/AZAP
ANTILOCAPRIDAE
Pronghorn
0.05 1.0
0.1 1.0
0.3 5 K
0.1 0.5

AEPYCEROTINAE
Impala
0.02–0.03 ± 0.1–0.2
0.08–0.10 0.1–0.3
0.08
0.04 0.5–0.1 Or 0.025–0.05
0.20–0.25 3–5 K

ALCELAPHINAE
Hartebeest 0.01 0.15

Wildebeest
0.008 0.08
0.03 0.1

Bontebok/blesbok
0.015–0.025 0.2–0.35 1.5–2.5 K
0.020–0.025 0.2–0.3 0.2–0.3 K
0.03 0.5 A
0.05–0.09 1.0–1.3 K

Tsessebe 0.03 0.1 0.3 A

ANTILOPINAE
Springbok
0.03
0.05–0.10 0.15–0.25
0.5 9.0 K

Blackbuck
0.05
0.1
0.25 2.0 K

Addra gazelle
0.015–0.02 ±0.20
0.03–0.06
0.06–0.10 1.8–4 K

Slender-horned gazelle 0.03–0.05 0.10–0.25

Grant gazelle 0.035

Thomson's gazelle
0.02–0.03
0.05–0.07 0.2–0.45 0.2–0.45 K

Gerenuk 0.06–0. 07 1.5–2.0 K
0.04 3.5 K

Dik-dik 0.01 0.4

Suni
0.01 0.4
0.2–0.4 15 K

Klipspringer
0.01 0.4
0.05
0.16 2.1 K

Saiga 0.05–0.1

BOVINAE
Bison
0.004–0.008 0.05–0.10
0.01 0.05
0.5–1 4 K
0.05–0.08 1.5–2.5 K

Gaur, gayal, banteng
0.006–0.01 0.1–0.2
0.01–0.02

Nilgai
0.02
0.03

Anoa 0.008–0.012 0.06–0.12

African buffalo
0.005 0.05
0.015 0.1–0.15
0.01–0.025 ±0.05–0.1

Giant eland
0.008 0.03
0.005–0.007 0.05–0.10

Common eland
0.01–0.016 0.15–0.20
0.02 0.40
0.03–0.07 0.1
0.8 4 K

Nyala
0.015–0.025 0.10–0.25
0.04 0.30
0.045 0.05 3–4 K
0.08 0.3

Sitatunga 0.04 0.3

Tibetan yak 0.02 0.15

Bongo
0.01–0.025 0.1–0.25
0.01 0.15–0.2 0.5 K
0.02–0.05 0.05–0.15

Greater kudu
0.02–0.25 0.2–0.25
0.02–0.03 0.2–0.3
0.05 0.25

CEPHALOPHINAE
Maxwell duiker
0.025
0.02 1
0.2–0.3 15–25 K

Blue duiker
0.01 0.40
0.3 15 K
0.2 2.2 K

Yellow-backed duiker
0.02–0.03 0.2
0.02 1

Common duiker 0.01–0.02 0.5

HIPPOTRAGINAE
Addax
0.025 ± 0.15–0.25
0.03–0.04 0.02
0.05–0.06 1.0 K

Roan
0.015–0.02 0.15–0.2
0.025 0.15–0.25
0.01–0.02 0.005–0.006 0.3–0.6 K

Sable 0.015–0.02 0.15–0.2
0.015–0.025 0.1–0.2 ±0.15–0.2 K
0.03 0.1–0.2

Scimitar-horned oryx
0.015–0.03 0.15–0.3
0.025 0.15
0.05 0.005

Gemsbok
0.01–0.02 0.1–0.2
0.03 0.25
0.015 0.15–0.25 0.15–0.25 K
0.02–0.04 0.02–0.04 1.0 K

Arabian oryx
0.03–0.04 0.25
0.03–0.04 0.3
0.04 0.005
0.045–0.05 0.045–0.05
0.03–0.06 1.2–2 K

REDUNCINAE
Waterbuck
0.01–0.025 0.10–0.25
0.03 0.25
0.03–0.05 0.2

Red lechwe
0.02
0.01 0.1
0.02–0.05 0.1–0.4 0.1–0.4 K

Nile lechwe 0.02 0.25 1.0–2.0 K
0.02 1.5–3.0 K

Uganda kob 0.035 0.35

Reedbuck 0.05–0.07 0.2 ±0.1 A

Rhebok 0.01 0.4
0.01 0.4

AZAP (A), Azaperone; CARF, carfentanil citrate; DET, detomidine; ETOR, etorphine; KET (K), ketamine; MED, medetomidine; THIA, thiafentanil oxalate; XYL, xylazine.

*

Doses are intended for intramuscular injection.