Butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine and ketamine-butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine chemical immobilization in habituated subadult female giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia 2025 Silke Pfitzer, Liesel L Laubscher, Jacobus P Raath et al.
To describe the effects of butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (BAM) and ketamine-butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine (KBAM) used for the chemical immobilization of giraffes. Quasi-experimental trial. A group of 10 habituated subadult female giraffes. Five giraffe were immobilized with BAM (0.02 mL cm-1 estimated shoulder height) and five with KBAM (0.015 mL cm-1 estimated shoulder height BAM and...