Evaluation of etorphine reversed by diprenorphine for the immobilisation of free-ranging Atlantic walrus (<i>Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus</i> L.)

Evaluation of etorphine reversed by diprenorphine for the immobilisation of free-ranging Atlantic walrus (<i>Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus</i> L.)

To date no problem-free method exists for the immobilisation of free‑ranging walruses (Odobenus rosmarus). In the period 1989-2001, 69 immobilisations with etorphine HCl were performed by remote darting of 41 individual free-ranging adult Atlantic walruses (O. r. rosmarus), with body masses 633 ‑ 18...

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Main Authors: Mario Acquarone, Erik W Born, David Griffiths, Lars Øyvind Knutsen, Øystein Wiig, Ian Gjertz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2014-04-01
Series:NAMMCO Scientific Publications
Subjects:
anaesthesia
immobilisation
immobilization
Atlantic walrus
Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
etorphine
diprenorphine
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/NAMMCOSP/article/view/2944

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