Powerful synthetic opiates are essential tools for capturing and handling wild animals. These drugs provide rapid and relatively long-lasting immobilization that can be completely reversed by...

Midazolam is a benzodiazepine medication used for anesthesia, seizures, procedural sedation and agitation. In combination with medetomidine HCL (3.3 MG/ML) and ketamine HCL (150 MG/ML), the three...

Wildlife practice is a specialized area of veterinary medicine, particularly in the realm of large and exotic hoofstock. Restraining individual animals of these species nearly always requires the use...

Immobilization is necessary in order to safely perform surgical procedures on horses. In most cases, this is achieved through general anesthesia or through a combination of sedation and local...

Oftentimes, procedures that are routinely accomplished in companion animals with minimal restraint require sedation or anesthesia for exotic species, whether in the veterinary small animal practice,...