Drug retention in non-human primates

Authors

  • Carina Barbosa de Miranda
  • Raquel Wolff Cabala
  • Juan Benito Campos Diz Atan
  • Lucas Cristo Conilho Macedo Müller
  • Paulo César Silva
  • Luiz Alfredo de Magalhães Vivas
  • Manoel Luiz Ferreira

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Keywords:

Primates, Containment, Anesthetics

Abstract

At this present study, an analysis was made about ketamine chlorhydrate and xylazine chlorhydrate use pharmacological contention of non-human primates in zoological gardens and freelive animal capture. The pharmacological effects of each drug singly and combination are investigated in each physiological system. It was observed that mechanical contention could bring accidents to both animals and professional that handler these species. Ketamine chlorhydrate recommended dose at combination with xylazine is between 15 to 20mg/kg to small primates. Xylazine chlorhydrate recommended dose at combination with ketamine is between 0,1 to 1,0mg/Kg, not dependent to animal size. An antagonist drugs were used some from alfa-2 antagonistic.

Published

2015-09-11

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

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