Chemical Immobilization of Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Authors

Terry J. Kreeger, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Ulysses S. Seal, Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis
John R. Tester, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1990

Comments

Published in Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 26(1), 1990, pp 95-98.

Abstract

Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) were immobilized with one of the following drug combinations: ketamine/xylazine (n = 22), ketamine/ promazine (n = 35), ketamine/midazolam (n = 13), or tiletamine/zolazepam (n = 22). Foxes given ketamine/xylazine had the shortest induction and longest recovery times relative to other drug combinations, whereas foxes given ketamine/midazolam had the longest induction times. Recommended doses for the various combinations are given. Foxes given ketamine/xylazine were given either 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 mg/kg yohimbine, or saline 40 mm after anesthetic induction. Administration of yohimbine significantly shortened arousal and recovery times relative to control values (P < 0.001).