Effect of Azaperone on Induction Times in Etorphine-Immobilized White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Peter Buss; Michele Miller; Andrea Fuller; Anna Haw; Emily Thulson; Francisco Olea-Popelka; Leith Meyer

doi:10.7589/JWD-D-21-00072

Effect of Azaperone on Induction Times in Etorphine-Immobilized White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

J Wildl Dis. 2022 Jan 1;58(1):245-247. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00072.

Authors

Peter Buss^{1

2

3}, Michele Miller⁴, Andrea Fuller^{2

3}, Anna Haw², Emily Thulson⁵, Francisco Olea-Popelka⁶, Leith Meyer^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Veterinary Wildlife Services, South African National Parks, Kruger National Park, Private Bag X402, Skukuza 1350, South Africa.
² Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.
³ Department of Paraclinical Sciences and Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, P/ Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa.
⁴ Department of Science and Innovation-National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Council Centre for TB Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Francie van Zijl Drive, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.
⁵ Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science, Colorado State University, 1350 Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada.

PMID: 34695196
DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00072

Abstract

We describe induction time in six white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) when they received etorphine intramuscularly (IM) or etorphine plus azaperone IM. The median induction time was reduced from 8.9 min for etorphine alone to 6.25 min with azaperone; however, there was no difference in immobilization quality between treatments.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Azaperone* / pharmacology
Butorphanol / pharmacology
Etorphine* / pharmacology
Hypnotics and Sedatives / pharmacology
Immobilization / veterinary
Perissodactyla

Substances

Hypnotics and Sedatives
Azaperone
Etorphine
Butorphanol