TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group
TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group
TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group
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Butorphanol / Medetomidine<br />
Researcher Patrícia Medici<br />
Applied by DVM Joares A. May Jr., DVM Paulo Rogerio Mangini & DVM<br />
George Ortmeier Velastin<br />
Lowland <strong>Tapir</strong> <strong>Tapir</strong>us terrestris - 15 immobilizations<br />
Morro do Diabo State Park and surrounding forest fragments, São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Protocol: Butorphanol Tartarate (Turbogesic®) 0.15 mg/Kg mixed with Medetomidine<br />
(Domitor®) 0.03 mg/Kg plus Atropine (0.025-0.04 mg/Kg), IM, in the same dart (5 ml).<br />
Reversal: Atipamezole 0.06 mg/Kg + Naltrexone 0.6 mg/Kg in the same syringe, IV (slowly).<br />
Comments: Adequate for tapirs captured in pens or pitfalls. This protocol produces adequate<br />
chemical restraint for procedures such as radio-tagging and biological sampling. The average<br />
induction time is 15 minutes for this protocol. It is important to keep in mind that Medetomidine<br />
is commercialized in different concentrations, and whenever possible it is advisable to use higher<br />
concentrations.<br />
Further details about this protocol are provided in:<br />
Velastin, G. O.; Mangini, P. R. & Medici, E. P. 2004. Utilização de Associação de Tartarato de Butorfanol e Cloridrato<br />
de Medetomidina na Contenção de <strong>Tapir</strong>us terrestris em Vida Livre - Relato de Dois Casos. In: Book of Abstracts of the<br />
XXIII Annual Conference of the Brazilian Association of Zoos. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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