One of the most challenging aspects of wildlife veterinary medicine is the process of determining the correct dosages for wildlife species when providing chemical immobilization. Chemical immobilization is a form of animal restraint in which medicati …

Wildlife practice is an extremely specialized area of veterinary medicine, and restraint nearly always requires the use of anesthetic drugs to allow a safe and efficient immobilization before the practitioner proceeds with plans for the targeted indi …

Mink are members of the weasel family and are native to the Northern Hemisphere. Historically, both the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola) have been valued for their fur. The American mink is a staple of the fur i …

Anesthesia is an integral part of exotic animal medicine, whether in the field, or in research or zoo settings. Even the most basic procedures typically require sedation or anesthesia, since most animals are either too shy, fast, or dangerous to hand …

The family Mustelidae comprises stoats, polecats, mink, fishers, wolverines, weasels, martens, badgers, and otters, and is the largest family within the order Carnivora. Mustelids have a global distribution, with members found on every continent exce …

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are the smallest members of the North American deer family, and are found from southern Canada to South America. Favoring wooded areas, the home range of a White-tailed deer is usually less than one square m …

There are numerous drug and drug combinations that are used for the remote immobilization of wildlife species, but only a few have become standards amongst veterinarians and wildlife managers. For years, many large wildlife species have been remotely …

In recent decades, conservation efforts and the endangered status of certain wildlife species have become more prominent among wildlife biologists and lay persons alike. Innumerable conservation efforts focused on wild animals (including mammals and …

The chemical immobilization of wild animals is a form of veterinary anesthesia conducted under difficult circumstances.1Historically, chemical immobilization can be traced back to certain tribes from South America who used curare-coated arrows in the …