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Physiological Responses of the Buffalo Syncerus caffer Culled with Succinyldicholine and Hexamethonium

J. Hattingh, V. de Vos, M.F. Ganhao, N.I. Pitts
Koedoe | Vol 31, No 1 | a487 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v31i1.487 | © 1988 J. Hattingh, V. de Vos, M.F. Ganhao, N.I. Pitts | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 21 October 1988 | Published: 21 October 1988

About the author(s)

J. Hattingh, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
V. de Vos, Kruger National Park, South Africa
M.F. Ganhao, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
N.I. Pitts, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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Abstract

Physiological responses of the buffalo Syncerus caffer culled with succinyldicholine (Scoline1) are reported and it is pointed out that a number of stressors are responsible for the observed changes in blood composition. The results are compared to those obtained in a pilot experiment from buffaloes culled with Scoline and hexamethonium, a ganglion blocker. Further investigation of the effects of hexamethonium may prove it to be of benefit to animals culled with Scoline.

Keywords

Stress, succinyldicholine (Scoline), buffalo, hexamethonium, Syncerus caffer.

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