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Notes on the chemical immobilisation and restraint of the Addo Elephant (Loxodonta Africana)
Koedoe | Vol 15, No 1 | a675 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v15i1.675
| © 1972 E Young
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 December 1972 | Published: 03 December 1972
Submitted: 03 December 1972 | Published: 03 December 1972
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The physiological response of Addo elephants (Loxo- donta africana) to etorphine hydrochloride (M-99) and acetylpromazine maleate is discussed. As in the case of Kruger National Park elephants, the described dosage rates of drugs are highly effective for safe anaesthesia of these elephants.
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