The effect of boma-housing and long-acting tranquillizers on body temperature, physical activity and food intake of blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
✍ Scribed by L. Fick; A. Matthee; D. Mitchell; A. Fuller
- Book ID
- 104034955
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-4565
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✦ Synopsis
We investigated the effects of long-acting tranquillizers and boma-housing on body temperature (n ¼ 10), physical activity (n ¼ 4) and food intake (n ¼ 10) in blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus).
Core body temperature (1C) and activity (counts 5 min À1 ) were measured remotely and continuously by implanted data loggers. Haloperidol (20-30 mg), zuclopenthixol acetate (100 mg) and perphenazine enanthate (100 mg) were administered intramuscularly, in random order at 4-week intervals, to wildebeest in bomas.
Boma-housing had minor effects on body temperature, but significantly reduced activity level (Po0:025, ANOVA, n ¼ 4) and altered the nychthemeral rhythm of activity.
Long-acting tranquillizers did not adversely affect thermoregulation, activity or food intake in boma-housed wildebeest.