TAPIR FIELD VETERINARY MANUAL - Tapir Specialist Group

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IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG)
CHEMICAL RESTRAINT AND CLINICAL
EVALUATION
Species: _________________________________ Identification: ____________________________
Sex: ( ) Male ( ) Female Age: __________________ ESTIMATED BODY
WEIGHT:
REAL BODY WEIGHT:
Location: __________________ GPS: ___________________ Date: ___/___/_______
Team: ____________________________________________________________________________
Nutritional Condition: ( ) Caquetic ( ) Lean ( ) Good ( ) Obese
Apparent Health: ( ) Good ( ) Regular ( ) Bad
Behavior: ( ) Depressed/apathy ( ) Calm ( ) Alert ( ) Excited ( ) Aggressive
Capture Method: ( ) Captivity ( ) Capture pen ( ) Pitfall ( ) Dart Shooting ( ) Hunting dogs Temp. (ºC): _______
Weather: ( ) Dry ( ) Open ( ) Partially cloudy ( ) Cloudy ( ) Rainy Humid. (%): _______
Drug Conc. (mg/ml) Dose (ml) DS Via Time
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DS = Delivery System = DP (dart pistol), S (syringe), BP (blowpipe) etc. Via = SC, IM, IV etc.
Time RR RR type HR %O 2 TºC CFT RELAX Comments
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RR = Respiratory rate (mpm), HR = Hearth rate (bpm), %O 2 = blood oxygen saturation (%), CFT = Capillary refill
time (s), RELAX = Muscular relaxing (none = 0, soft = 1, incomplete = 2, complete = 3), RR type = Respiratory
rate type (costal = C, abdominal = AB, costal/abdominal = CAB, superficial = S, deep = D).