Wildlife Anesthesia Flashcards
What is the primary consideration when anesthetizing wildlife?
Safety
Complications associate with animal safety?
Chase and Capture Sedatives Anesthetics analgesics recovery
What are the high potency opioids used in wildlife?
Etorphine
Thiafentanil
Carfentanil
What are the high potency opioid side effects?
Excitation hyperthermia capture myopathy Regurgitation or vomiting Respiratory depression hypoxemia hypercapnia muscle rigidity renarcotization
Renarcotization
when half life of agonist drug is longer than that of antagonist drug
What are the opioid antagonists?
Naltrexone
Naloxone
Diprenorphine
Diprenorphine
Etoprhine reversal
has agonist properties
What dissociative anesthetics are used in wildlife?
Ketamine
Tiletamine + zolazepam
What alpha 2 agonists are used in wildlife?
Xylazine Detomidine romifidine medetomidine dexmedetomidine
What benzodiazepines are used in wildlife?
Midazolam
Zolazepam
What phenothiazine is used in wildlife?
Acepromazine
What butyrophenones is used in wildlife?
Azaperone
Droperidol
Haloperidol
What are some long acting sedatives used in wildlife?
Perphenazine
Zuclopenthixol
Drug delivery in wildlife?
Pole syringe
Blow gun
Dart Projectors
What are the three types of darts?
Explosive discharge
Compressed air
Spring activated