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Handbook of Wildlife Chemical Immobilization

Bear, Brown (Grizzly)

Weight

100-325 kg

Recommended Drug

8 mg/kg Telazol®

Supplemental Drug

2 mg/kg ketamine

Antagonist

none


Alternate Drugs:
 

2 mg/kg Telazol® plus 0.06 mg/kg medetomidine; antagonize with 0.3 mg/kg atipamezole 

11 mg/kg ketamine plus 11 mg/kg xylazine; antagonize with 0.125 mg/kg yohimbine

0.012 mg/kg carfentanil plus 0.3 mg/kg xylazine; antagonize with 100 mg naltrexone or naloxone per mg carfentanil given plus 0.125 mg/kg yohimbine

0.02 mg/kg etorphine; antagonize with 2 mg diprenorphine per mg etorphine given


Comments:
Spontaneous arousals may occur when ketamine-medetomidine is used; avoid loud or sharp noises; try to prevent vocalization of cubs when mother is immobilized. Body weights can vary widely depending on geographical location.


References
: Louw, 1957; Craighead et al., 1960; Jarvis and Morris, 1960; Heuschele, 1961a; Troyer et al., 1961; Larsen, 1963; Kuntze, 1967; Ericksen, 1968; Pearson et al., 1968; Wallach, 1968; 1969; Seal and Erickson, 1969; Seal et al., 1974; Hebert et al., 1970; Bauditz, 1972; Halloran and Pearson, 1972; Pearson and Halloran, 1972; Alford et al., 1974; Grat et al., 1974; Boever et al., 1977; Perry, 1977; Bush et al., 1980a; Hebert et al., 1980; Gatesman and Wiesner, 1982; Lynch et al., 1982; Wiesner et al., 1982; 1984; Carpenter and Lance, 1983; Genevois et al., 1984b; Duchamps, 1985; Wiesner and von Hegel, 1985; Hugues et al., 1986; Röken, 1987; Schobert, 1987; Seal, 1987; Seal and Kreeger, 1987; Carr, 1989; Taylor et al., 1989; Barnett and Lewis, 1990; Jalanka and Roeken, 1990; Tsubota and Yamamoto, 1991; Pond and O'Gara, 1994

 

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