Evaluation of two different doses of butorphanol-medetomidine-midazolam for anaesthesia in free-ranging versus captive black-footed cats (Felis nigripes)

The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes) is the rarest, smallest wild felid species of southern Africa and is categorized as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List 2012 (Sliwa 2008). These cats are solitary, nocturnally active predators with a high metabolic rate. In order to fuel this metabolism they hunt al...

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Main Author: Eggers, Birgit
Other Authors: Meyer, L.C.R. (Leith Carl Rodney)
Language:en
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57306
Eggers, B 2016, Evaluation of two different doses of butorphanol-medetomidine-midazolam for anaesthesia in free-ranging versus captive black-footed cats (Felis nigripes), MSc Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57306>