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Research overview: anesthesia for dental procedures in captive big cats
OverviewCaptive big cats commonly require dental procedures, especially for fractured canine teeth, and these interventions demand careful general anesthesia given the size, danger, and physiologic vulnerabil…
Research overview: fractured canine teeth in captive big cats
OverviewCaptive big cats commonly fracture their large canine teeth through biting enclosure barriers, fighting, or chewing hard objects, exposing the pulp and causing pain and infection that require dental i…
Research overview: hypoxemia and positioning in recumbent big cats
OverviewLarge felids under anesthesia frequently develop hypoxemia, low blood oxygen, due to the effects of recumbency and body mass on lung function, hypoventilation from anesthetic drugs, and ventilation-pe…
Research overview: medetomidine-ketamine protocols for big cats
OverviewCombinations of the alpha-2 agonist medetomidine (or dexmedetomidine) with the dissociative ketamine are a mainstay for immobilizing large felids, valued because the alpha-2 component provides sedatio…