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Table 1 Time variables recorded and compared for each treatment

From: Improvement of arterial oxygenation in free-ranging moose (Alces alces) immobilized with etorphine-acepromazine-xylazine

Variable

Units

Oxygen treatment

Atipamezole i.m.

Atipamezole i.v.

Combination treatment

Chase time

minutes

3.6 ± 3.2 (1–12)

3.8 ± 2.3 (1–8)

4.6 ± 3.0 (1–9)

3.4 ± 1.8 (2–7)

Induction time

minutes

7.1 ± 3.6 (2–13)

7.2 ± 4.6 (2–15)

7.8 ± 4.3 (4–15)

9.1 ± 4.6 (3–16)

Capture time

minutes

6.5 ± 3.3 (3–13)

6.2 ± 1.7 (4–8)

5.8 ± 1.6 (3–9)

5.3 ± 1.9 (3–8)

Reversal time

minutes

34.4 ± 3.4 (31–41)

46.5 ± 9.2 (40–53)

34.3 ± 2.0 (32–38)

34.7 ± 3.9 (30–41)

Recovery time

seconds

122 ± 24 (93–160)

131 ± 27 (100–170)

109 ± 17 (72–125)

109 ± 18 (90–135)

  1. Time from sighting to successful darting (chase time), time from darting to recumbency (induction time), time from recumbency to reaching and handling the animal (capture time), time from darting until reversal agent was administered (reversal time) and time from administration of diprenorphine to standing (recovery time) in free-ranging moose (Alces alces) darted from helicopter with etorphine-acepromazine-xylazine. Mean ± SD (range) values are presented.