Chemical immobilization protocols in golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas)

What is it about?

This study aimed to evaluate the respiratory and cardiovascular effects caused by associating ketamine S(+) with midazolam or dexmedetomidine, and racemic ketamine with dexmedetomidine in golden lion tamarins that underwent vasectomy surgery; establish the latency, recovery, and effective periods; and assess the levels of relaxation, sedation, and antinociception.

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Why is it important?

Due to the lack of information related to surgical procedures in New World primates and the need to use safe protocols with a desirable antinociceptive effect in the field anesthesia, this study was the first to correlate 3 different anesthetic protocols in an endangered non-human primate undergoing surgery.