CHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION AND HEMATOLOGYC AND ENDOPARASITOLOGIC EVALUATION OF LEOPARDUS COLOCOLO IN KHASTOR, POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA

Authors

  • L. Fabián Beltrán S. Wildlife Conservation Society, Programa de Conservación del Gran Paisaje Madidi, Field Veterinary Program. Casilla 3-35181, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Rodolfo Nallar G. Wildlife Conservation Society, Programa de Conservación del Gran Paisaje Madidi, Field Veterinary Program. Casilla 3-35181, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Ma. Lilian Villalba M. Alianza Gato Andino, Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Eliseo Delgado E. Alianza Gato Andino, Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Mauricio Berna M. Alianza Gato Andino, Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz, Bolivia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v20i2.627

Keywords:

Leopardus colocolo, anesthesia and immobilization, hematology, coproparasitology, Bolivia

Abstract

In May 2005 and April 2006, in the region of Khastor, Potosi, Bolivia, a female pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo) was captured. The efficacy of a protocol for chemical immobilization for animal handling, clinical evaluation and collection of biological samples was evaluated. It was used ketamine hydrochloride (KH) + medetomidine hydrochloride (MH), and antagonized the latter with atipamezole (AH). In 2005 were administered 4.38 mg/kg of KH + 0.04 mg/kg of MH, requiring 2 successive doses of 1.76 mg/kg of KH. In 2006 were administered 5.0 mg/kg of KH + 0.05 mg/kg of MH. MH was antagonized with 0.22 and 0.25 mg/kg of AH in 2005 and 2006 respectively. The induction time and chemical immobilization in both campaigns were very similar but the recovery time from anesthesia in 2006 was shorter than in 2005. The clinical evaluation indicated adequate health and physical status. The hemograms showed values within the normal range for domestic felines. Eggs of Toxascaris leonina and Uncynaria sp. were found.

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Published

2009-12-31

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2009)

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Artículos Primarios

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Copyright (c) 2009 L. Fabián Beltrán S., Rodolfo Nallar G., Ma. Lilian Villalba M., Eliseo Delgado E., Mauricio Berna M.

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Beltrán S., L. F., Nallar G., R., Villalba M., M. L., Delgado E., E., & Berna M., M. (2009). CHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION AND HEMATOLOGYC AND ENDOPARASITOLOGIC EVALUATION OF LEOPARDUS COLOCOLO IN KHASTOR, POTOSÍ, BOLIVIA. Revista De Investigaciones Veterinarias Del Perú, 20(2), 297-305. https://doi.org/10.15381/rivep.v20i2.627