Effective Field Immobilisation and Capture of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Darting and Capture
3.2. Immobilisation Drugs and Knockdown Time
3.3. Monitoring of Vital Signs
3.4. Body Positioning and Restraint during Recumbency
3.5. Transport
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Site Name | Province | Males (n) | Females (n) | Year of Immobilisation |
---|---|---|---|---|
Woodland Hills Wildlife Estate | FS | 2 | 0 | 2011; 2012 |
Khamab Kalahari Reserve | NW | 0 | 16 | 2013; 2014 |
Willem Pretorius Nature Reserve | FS | 0 | 4 | 2014 |
Sandveld Nature Reserve | FS | 0 | 2 | 2015 |
Amanzi Nature Reserve | FS | 1 | 2 | 2015; 2018 |
Doornkloof Nature Reserve | NC | 0 | 1 | 2017 |
Theunissen Mpogo Nature Reserve | FS | 1 | 0 | 2017 |
Rooipoort Nature Reserve | NC | 14 | 32 | 2017; 2018; 2021 |
Total (75) | 18 | 57 | 2011 to 2021 |
Drug/Cocktail | Antagonist | Number of Giraffes (n) | Knockdown Time Average | Knockdown Time Range | Time on Ground (Average) (Hours:Minutes:Seconds) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thianil, Etorphine, Azaparone | Naltrexone | 1 | 00:04:36 | 00:04:36 | 00:07:01 |
M99, hyaluronidase, Azaparone | Naltrexone | 9 | 00:04:41 | 03:28–06:56 | 00:14:23 |
M99, hyaluronidase | Naltrexone | 7 | 00:14:16 | 04:55–21:30 | 00:19:25 |
butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine | Naltrexone | 1 | 00:50:30 | 00:50:30 | 00:09:30 |
Thianil | Naltrexone | 25 | 00:04:02 | 02:50–06:00 | 00:11:47 |
Total | 43 * |
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Deacon, F.; Daffue, W.; Nel, P.; Higgs, R. Effective Field Immobilisation and Capture of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis). Animals 2022, 12, 1290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12101290
Deacon F, Daffue W, Nel P, Higgs R. Effective Field Immobilisation and Capture of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis). Animals. 2022; 12(10):1290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12101290
Chicago/Turabian StyleDeacon, Francois, Willem Daffue, Pierre Nel, and Ruan Higgs. 2022. "Effective Field Immobilisation and Capture of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)" Animals 12, no. 10: 1290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12101290
APA StyleDeacon, F., Daffue, W., Nel, P., & Higgs, R. (2022). Effective Field Immobilisation and Capture of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis). Animals, 12(10), 1290. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12101290