WildLife Group
of the SAVA
Preferred darts = Pneudart or Motsumi 2cc with 1’’ barbed needle, barb trimmed for adults and 1cc with ¾
“barbed needle, barb trimmed for younger animals and smaller volumes
Projectors: Excalibur and Pneudart model 389 with green charges
2. PREFERRED TRANQUILIZATION
Age
Azaperone
mg
Diazepan mg
Haloperidal
mg
Calf 15 5im Young 20 8im Sub adult 30 10im 50
Cow 40 15im 75
Bull 50 20im 100
Acuphase mg
Remarks
Acuphase if translocation
is more than 4 hours
away or if animal is
relocated to a new area
3. CHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION Literature
Etorphine
mg
Thianil
mg
Fentanyl
mg
2-4
Xylazine
mg
Azaperone
mg
Other
mg
10-20
Reference
Novartis SA
4 -
adult
cow 20 or 20 mg Xylazine or
4 mg detomidine or
3 mg medetomidine Wildlife Pharmaceuticals
5 - bull 30 or 30 mg Xylazine or
5 mg detomidine or
3 mg medetomidine Wildlife Pharmaceuticals
20-40 or 100 10 mg Detomidine
Or 5-6mg
medetomidine Chemical and Physical
Restrain of Wild Animals
3-4 cow
4-5 bull 10-15 or 100 or 10 mg Detomidine Burroughs, R.E.J 1993
2-4 20 60 NPB
20 50-100 Ebedes et al. 1998
50
50 Mike La Grange The
capture care and
Management of wildlife
100 Andrew A McKenzie The
Capture and Care Manual
45 Andrew A McKenzie The
Capture and Care Manual
5-7,or
2-3
4-6
15-20
3- cow
3-4 Bull
All 3mg
All 1.5 - 3
6
20
15