File AvailableBerlin, E.R.; Kinney, M.E.; Howard, L.L.; Perrin, K.L.; Phair, K.A.; Clancy, M.M.; Ferris, R.L.; Knych, H.K.; Mama, K.R. 2023 Pharmacokinetics of intravenous propofol in Southern White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) after intramuscular etorphine-butorphanol-medetomidine-azaperone. American Journal of Veterinary Research 84 (4): 1-10, 4 tabs, 4 figs, doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.22.12.0224
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File AvailableCole, G.C.; Tordiffe, A.S.W.; Steenkamp, G. 2017 Assessment of a portable lactate meter for field use in the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 84 (1): 1-10, 3 tables, 2 figures - https://doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v84i1.1399
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableBush, M.; Citino, S.B.; Lance, W.R. 2011 The use of butorphanol in anesthesia protocols for zoo and wild animals. In: Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine: Current therapy 7th edition: 596-603, 2 tables
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File AvailableFahlman, A. 2008 Advances in wildlife immobilisation and anaesthesia: clinical and physiological evaluation in selected species. Acta Universitatis agriculturae Suecicae 2008: 84: 1-70
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File AvailableCitino, S.B. 2008 Use of medetomidine in chemical restraint protocols for captive African rhinoceroses. Proceedings of the AAZV, ARAV Joint Conference 2008: 108-109
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Captive - North America
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File AvailableCitino, S.B.; Bush, M.; Rivera, O. 2007 A simple, unique field ventilator for large ungulates: another use for your leaf blower. Proceedings of the AAZV, AAWV, AZA/NAG Joint Conference 2007: 51-52
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America
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File AvailableBush, M.; Citino, S.B.; Grobler, D. 2005 Improving cardio-pulmonary function for a safer anesthesia of White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum): Use of opiate cocktails to influence receptor effects . Proceedings of the AAZV, AAWV, AZA/NAG Joint Conference 2005: 259-260
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White Rhino
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File AvailableYadav, V.K. 2000 Male-male aggression in Rhinoceros unicornis - case study from North Bengal, India. Indian Forester 126 (10): 1030-1034
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Translocation - Immobilization
Indian Rhino
The injured Rhino was unable to move properly and spent most of the time in wallow pool to avoid maggot formation. It was decided to tranquilize the injured Rhino and keep it in a temporary wooden stockade for intensive treatment and to prevent the chances of further fighting with the dominant ma...
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File AvailableSarma, K.K.; Dutta, B.; Bonal, S. 1997 Combination of chemical and physical restraint to treat an injured rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park. Zoos Print 12 (6): 36-37
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Asia - South Asia - India - Assam
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Indian Rhino
Drugs used on lame Rhinoceros unicornis in Kaziranga. Kaziranga National Park (KNP), with its marshy alluvial expanse, shelters about 1200 Great Indian rhinos (Rhinoceros unicomis) which is the world's largest population in a single place. This population accounts for about two thirds of the wo...
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File AvailableMorkel, P. 1994 Chemical immobilization of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis): pp. 128-135

In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242
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All Rhino Species
History of anesthezia. Chemical immobilization is an essential tool for the management of this endangered species, especially for translocation, treatment of injuries, marking and dehorning. Until the early 1960's black rhino were still physically caught with ropes from a pursuing vehicle. Che...
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File AvailableHattingh, J.; Knox, C.M.; Raath, J.P. 1994 Arterial blood pressure and blood gas composition of white rhinoceroses under etorphine anaesthesia. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 24 (1/2): 12-14, table 1
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Etorphine effects. Immobilization of black Diceros bicornis and white Ceratotherium simum rhinoceroses using etorphine in combination with various other drugs such as fentanyl is routinely carried out in southern African national parks. However, capture, confinement and translocation procedures...
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File AvailableMorkel, P. 1994 Chemical immobilization of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis): pp. 128-135

In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242
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Anesthezia technique in Diceros bicornis. Black rhino are good candidates for chemical immobilization. If darted correctly, with the right drugs, at the right dose, induction is quick and predictable, excitement is minimal, and the vital functions are well maintained. Nevertheless, for a numbe...
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File AvailableRaath, J.P. 1994 Anaesthesia of the white rhino: pp. 119-127, table 1

In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242
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Procedures of anesthezia in Ceratotherium simum. White rhino are routinely anaesthetized for marking, collection of samples, translocation and treatments. Today many conservation bodies and private individuals build on the initial successes achieved by especially the Natal Parks Board, and cont...
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File AvailableColtman, O. 1985 Rhino capture. Tshomarelo News 21: 13-14
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
It is interesting to note that drug dosages have had to be higher than normally used, because the animals are in excellent condition and therefore heavier than normal. The ?cocktail' used for an adult cow, for example, would be 2 milligrams M99 (Etorphine), 30 milligrams Fentanyl and 100 milligr...
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File AvailableKock, R.A.; Pearce, P.C. 1985 Anaesthesia in zoo ungulates. Journal of the Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists No. 13: 59-88, 5 tables, 5 figures
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Europe - Northern Europe - United Kingdom
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All Rhino Species
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File AvailableWiesner, H.; Rietschel, W.; Gatesman, T. 1982 Erfahrungen mit der Kombination von Immobilon und Rompun beim Zootier. [Text also in English: Practical experiences with the combination of `Immobilon' and `Rompun' in zoo animals.]. Zeitschrift des Kolner Zoo 25 (2): 47-55, figs. 1-6
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All Rhino Species
Use of Immobilon in zoo animals. Immobilon is Etorphine, M99. Etoprhine induces uncontrolled excitable behaviour and we tried to overcome the side effect by simultanous administration of Rompun (xylazine 100 mg/ml) In 4 cases of immobilizing Ceratotherium simum we used 1.6 ml of Immobilon, no ...
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File AvailableVos, V. de; Braack, H.H. 1980 Castration of a black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis minor. Koedoe 23: 185-187, fig. 1
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis in Addo NP, South Africa. The animal, that was already released in the Addo bush was subsequently sought out and immobilized, using a powder-charged hypodermic-projectile firing gun and a 1 ml capacity spingloaded projectile syringe loaded with a newly developed piperidine deriv...
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File AvailableVos, V. de 1978 Immobilization of free-ranging wild animals using a new drug. Veterinary Record 103 (4) July 22, 1978: 64-68, 2 tables, 1 figure
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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File AvailableHaigh, J.C. 1975 Case of a constipated rhino. Veterinary Record 97: 282
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum in Kenya. The animal resented anything other than mild exploration of the lesions, and so I immobilised her with fentanyl citrate and azaperone, using a dose of citrate 70 mg fentanyl, and 300mg azaperone. With this dose she allowed extensive evacuation of the rectum for just...
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File AvailableSmuts, G.L. 1975 An appraisal of Naloxone Hydrochloride as a narcotic antagonist in the capture and release of wild herbivores. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 167 (7): 559-561, 1 figure, 1 table
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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File AvailableBoever, W.J. 1974 Interdigital papilloma in a black rhinoceros. Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association 165 (9): 823, fig. 1
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A 9-year old male black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) weighing approximately 1100 kg, developed slight tenderness of the front feet and excessive tissue growth in interdigital space between the 2nd (medial) and 3rd (central) digits of both front feet (fig.1). For immobilization, etorphine hydroc...
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File AvailableHarthoorn, A.M. 1974 The effects of immobilising drugs on different species of animals. Fauna and Flora Transvaal 25: 12-13, 2 figures
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File AvailableHofmeyr, J.M.; Bruine, J.R. de 1973 The problems associated with the capture, translocation and keeping of wild ungulates in South West Africa. Lammergeyer 18: 21-29, figs. 1-2
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Translocation - Immobilization
African Rhino Species
The drug combinations and the dosage rates used (Hofmeyr et. al., 1973), induced rapid narcosis which was required to prevent the rhino from returning to difficult country with the possibility of falling down precipices while in a semi-conscious state. However, during the 1970 operation tremendo...
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File AvailablePienaar, U. de V.; Niekerk, J.W. van; Young, E.; Wyk, P. van; Fairall, N. 1966 Neuroleptic narcosis of large wild herbivores in South African national parks with the new potent morphine analogues M99 and M283. Journal of the South African Veterinary Medicine Association 37 (3): 277-291, figs. 1-12, tables 1-2
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Translocation - Immobilization
White Rhino
Circumstances have necessitated the capture of only 3 white rhino in Kruger NP, but the long series which have been successfully immobilised in the Natal Parks proved that adults of this species, ranging in 3000 to 5000 lbs body weight, may be safely and reliably restrained by the injection of 1....
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File AvailableProle, J.H.B. 1965 Removal of a prolapsed eyeball in a wild black rhinoceros. Veterinary Record 77 (6): 156-157, figs. 1-3
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Translocation - Immobilization
Black Rhino
Kenya - Diceros bicornis. The immobilising drug used was 1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl) piperidine HCl. This was prepared by first dissolving 1.0 g. of the drug in 4 c.c. sterile water. 1.5 c.c. of the solution was then put into each of two 5 c.c. syringes and 1,500 I.U. hyaluronidase in 1 c.c. water wa...
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File AvailableProle, J.H.B. 1965 Removal of a prolapsed eyeball in a wild black rhinoceros. Veterinary Record 77 (6): 156-157, figs. 1-3
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Translocation - Immobilization
Black Rhino
Eye operation in Amboseli, Kenya - Diceros bicornis. The anaesthetic to be used was Parke Davis' Sernyl injected intramuscularly into the buttock by means of a dart fired from a crossbow, a method long practised by Nick Carter; an American invention with East African modifications. Carter has f...
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File AvailableHarthoorn, A.M.; Player, I.C. 1964 The narcosis of the white rhinoceros: a series of eighteen case histories. Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde 89 Suppl 1: 225-229
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White Rhino
18 case studies - Ceratotherium simum. A case report of a series of 18 White (square-lipped) rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) narcotized with a morphine, or Themalon and tranquillizer mixture is given below. It is believed that this method constitutes a satisfactory approach to the immobi...
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File AvailableHaezaert, J. 1959 The black rhinoceros is brought back to Rwanda. Oryx 5 (3): 96-99, figs. 1-3
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Rwanda
Translocation - Immobilization
Black Rhino
In the meantime, an American scientific mission from Florida was working hard to perfect an anaesthetic based on crystallized nicotine salicylate, but although this method had proved effective for antelopes and for deer, rendering them unconscious for about 20 minutes, it had not succeeded with a...
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File AvailableSanborn, E.R. 1908 Interesting animal surgery. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 30: 432-433, fig. 1
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Indian Rhino
New York Zoo - Rhinoceros unicornis . On 28 May 1908, an interesting and unusual operation was performed on our Indian Rhinoceros ?Mogul' by Dr George G. van Mater, of Brooklyn, for cataracts in both eyes. Mogul was cast, by means of combination side line and hobbles, with considerable difficul...
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