SURGICAL STERILIZTION OF CAPTIVE SAMBAR DEER (Cervus unicolor)
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2021-06
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Eighteen clinically healthy captive sambar stags, weighing 80-110kgs were divided into three groups, containing of 6 calves in each group, where group-A received xylazine hydrochloride @ 1.5 mg/kg and and ketamine hydrochloride @ 2.5 mg/kg bodyweight intramuscularly, group-B received xylazine hydrochloride @ 1.5 mg/kg and tiletamine-zolazepam @ 2.5mg/kg bodyweight intramuscularly and group-C received xylazine hydrochloride @ 1.5 mg/kg + and azaperone @ 1mg/kg bodyweight intramuscularly.
The induction time and recovery time were 11.83 ± 1.07 and 36.66 ± 0.95 minutes respectively in group-A, 5.16 ± 0.30 and 59.83 ± 2.40 minutes respectively in group-B and 7.16 ± 0.30 and 45.25 ± 1.09 minutes respectively in group-C. Induction and recovery were smooth. Muscle relaxation and analgesia were good. Animals of all group exhibited signs of sedation with lowering of head, occasional bellowing, heavy upper eyelid (drowsiness), onset of salivation, reduced tail movement and signs of staggering. Polyuria was observed at recovery.
Heart rate decreased significantly (p0.05) difference in all the three groups. Respiratory tidal volume increased non-significantly (p>0.05) and respiratory minute volume showed high significant (p0.05) in the group-A, B but in group-C, SpO2 increased significantly (p0.05) in group-A, B and C. Highly significant (p0.05) in group-A and B and decreased significantly (p0.05) increase group-A and significant increase in group-B and C.
Based on the findings of the study, xylazine - Zoletil® 100 anaesthesia produced a balanced anaesthesia with excellent analgesia and muscle in sambar stags followed by the xylazine-azaperone. Caudectomy has got advantageous over vasectomy in terms of mean ABSTRACT time required to perform the surgery. No such behavioral and physical changes were observed among the operated sambar stags over a period of 1 year during the study.