| mass capture and anesthesia of australian bridled nailtail wallabies (onychogalea fraenata) with the use of medetomidine and ketamine. | we anesthetized 301 bridled nailtail wallabies (onychogalea fraenata), captured within scotia sanctuary, new south wales, australia over four nights in october 2009 to perform health assessments before their release into a predator-proof exclosure. we tested two anesthetic dose-rate combinations, protocol 1 (0.08 mg/kg medetomidine-4.5 mg/kg ketamine), and protocol 2 (0.1 mg/kg medetomidine-5 mg/kg ketamine), each given intramuscularly. median time from injection to recumbency for protocol 1 was ... | 2014 | 25105815 |