Evaluating the Anesthetic and Physiologic Effects of Intramuscular and Intravenous Alfaxalone in Eastern Mud Turtles (

Kinosternon subrubrum alfaxalone chelonians eastern mud turtle sedation

Journal

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
31 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 01 01 2024
revised: 24 01 2024
accepted: 27 01 2024
medline: 10 2 2024
pubmed: 10 2 2024
entrez: 10 2 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Current sedation protocols for chelonians can pose a challenge to clinicians because of prolonged induction and recovery times, difficulties in gaining venous access, and natural species variation. This study evaluated the sedative and physiologic effects of intramuscular (IM) and intravenous (IV) alfaxalone in six wild-caught adult eastern mud turtles (

Identifiants

DOI: 10.3390/ani14030460 PMID: 38338103
pubmed: 38338103
pii: ani14030460
doi: 10.3390/ani14030460
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Auteurs

Stephanie Zec (S)

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1008 W. Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, USA.
Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10460, USA.

Mark A Mitchell (MA)

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1008 W. Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, USA.
School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
ORCID: 0009-0003-7606-0122

Kelly Rockwell (K)

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1008 W. Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, USA.
School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.

Dana Lindemann (D)

College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1008 W. Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, USA.
Sea World, 7007 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32821, USA.

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