López González C A, González-Romero A, Laundré J W, Cantú Salazar L, Hidalgo Mihart M G, De Villa Meza A, Martínez Meyer E, Casariego Madorell M A
Instituto de Ecología, Veracruz México.
J Wildl Dis. 1998 Jan;34(1):186-9. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.1.186.
We immobilized 21 pygmy spotted skunks (Spilogale pygmaea), in the tropical deciduous forest at the Chamela Biological Station (Mexico) from October 1994 to May 1997, with a mixture of ketamine (KH) and xylazine (XH). Skunks were immobilized with a mean (+/- SD) dosage of 15.7 +/- 8.3 mg/kg KH and 8.1 +/- 4.3 mg/kg XH. Mean induction and recovery time (n = 21) were 1.7 +/- 1.6 and 34.2 +/- 12.2 min, respectively. One individual was immobilized with XH, induction time was 1 min, and recovery time was 45 min. Foaming salivation was observed in this animal. No other adverse effects were observed for the other animals in this sample.
