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A short review of the chemical immobilization principles in some common African wildlife species
| Resumo: | Due to constant changes in restraint techniques, equipment and even immobilization drugs, wildlife veterinary practices have improved over the past decades. This broad progress coupled with the experience of practitioners contributes towards a safer practice for both the animals and people involved in the procedures. Anesthetic protocols used for chemical immobilizations performed during an internship in South Africa (184 of 245 restrained individuals) were analyzed for the various species approached, taking into account the darting equipment involved, the surrounding environment and some of the main purposes of each intervention. The different chemical immobilizations performed were classified as successful (176) or unsuccessful (8), and the most common complications that affected the procedures were documented. The reasons for the failings that in cases led to a second darting (13 cases) or to the death of animals (3 cases) are also addressed and preventive measures to avoid them were put forward. It is important to analyze the information logged after every immobilization procedure, including personal experiences from each clinical case, and present and disseminate the conclusions, to help wildlife practitioners worldwide avoid future complications. |
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| Autores principais: | Ferreira, Bárbara Pastilha Lopes |
| Assunto: | Anesthesia Wildlife practice Chemical immobilization principles Conservation medicine South Africa Anestesia Medicina de vida selvagem Princípios de imobilização química Medicina de conservação África do Sul |
| Ano: | 2016 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Due to constant changes in restraint techniques, equipment and even immobilization drugs, wildlife veterinary practices have improved over the past decades. This broad progress coupled with the experience of practitioners contributes towards a safer practice for both the animals and people involved in the procedures. Anesthetic protocols used for chemical immobilizations performed during an internship in South Africa (184 of 245 restrained individuals) were analyzed for the various species approached, taking into account the darting equipment involved, the surrounding environment and some of the main purposes of each intervention. The different chemical immobilizations performed were classified as successful (176) or unsuccessful (8), and the most common complications that affected the procedures were documented. The reasons for the failings that in cases led to a second darting (13 cases) or to the death of animals (3 cases) are also addressed and preventive measures to avoid them were put forward. It is important to analyze the information logged after every immobilization procedure, including personal experiences from each clinical case, and present and disseminate the conclusions, to help wildlife practitioners worldwide avoid future complications. |
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