Table 7 Intramuscular immobilisation at four different thermal zones
From: Sedation and general anaesthesia of crocodilians: a systematic review
Time to immobilisation at given temperature [min] | Length of anaesthesia at given temperature [min] | Recovery from time of first injection [min] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Animals | Drug combination (dose [mg/kg]) | Route | 17–21 °C | 22–26 °C | 27–29 °C | 30–32 °C | 17–21 °C | 22–26 °C | 27–29 °C | 30–32 °C | Reversal agent (dose[mg/kg]) | Time [min] | References | |
A. mississi-ppiensis (n = 7) | Medetomidine (0.22) Ketamine (10.0) | IM TL | 20 ± 9 | 112 ± 45 | Atipamezole (1.18) | 35 ± 22 |
| [14] | ||||||
Adult A. mississi-ppiensis (n = 9) | Medetomidine (0.13) Ketamine (7.5) | IM TL | 27 ± 17 | 161 ± 35 | Atipamezole (0.694) | 38 ± 20 | ||||||||
C. niloticus (n = 8) | Medetomidine (0.3) Ketamine (15) | IM TL | 16 ± 8 | MA | Atipamezole (1–3) | 36 ± 12 | [13] | |||||||
C. porosus (n = 10) (2) | Medetomidine (0.5) | IM TL | 30 | 98 (1) | No reversal (n = 5) | 120–135 (Post first injection) |
| [6] | ||||||
Atipamezole (n = 5) (2.5) | 15 ± 6 | |||||||||||||
C. johnstoni (n = 5) | Medetomidine (0.75) | IM TL | 30 ± 15 | 60 (1) | No reversal | 90 (Post first injection) | ||||||||
C. porosus (n = 40) (3) | Medetomidine (0.5) | IM TL | NI | 35 ± 15 | 35 ± 10 | 15 ± 10 | RV50 | RV50 | RV50 | RV50 | Atipamezole (2.5) | 10 ± 5 | [7] | |
A. mississi-ppiensis (n = 8) | Tiletamine-Zolazepam (15) | IM TL | 53 ± 31 | 131 (1) | No reversal | 183 ± 34 (Post first injection) |
| [3] | ||||||
A. mississi-ppiensis (n = 8) | Diazepam (0.4) 15 min Atracurium (4) | IM TL | 39 ± 34 | Neostigmine No reversal (4) | 317 ± 36 (Post first injection) | |||||||||
Adult A. mississi-ppiensis (n = 28) | Diazepam (0.37) 20 min Succinylcholine (0.24) | IM HL | 25–35 | No reversal | 180 + | [4] | ||||||||
C. porosus (n = 10) | Midazolam (5) | IM TL | 15 | No reversal | 60 | [1] | ||||||||
