Jacques ODell, [14 Jun 2022 at 17:25:10]: Hi all. White rhino transport - has anyone used a protocol for loading and transport that involves no diprenorphine? Perhaps only using butorphanol. I had a rhino react badly to diprenorphine and need to look at an alternative loading protocol. Thank you Henry Labuschagne, [14 Jun 2022 at 17:52:57]: What reaction did you see ? Jacques ODell, [14 Jun 2022 at 18:05:15]: It decided to climb out the crate… Henry Labuschagne, [14 Jun 2022 at 18:07:01]: How many mg did you give ? What was he darted with ? Jacques ODell, [14 Jun 2022 at 18:22:29]: Full dose. 3x M99 volume. Darted with 4.5mg etorphine plus 40mg azaperone. Walked directly into crate. Perhaps could have given only 2x M5050 but I don’t think that would have made a difference. Others loaded just fine. Henry Labuschagne, [14 Jun 2022 at 18:29:27]: Any butorphanol given ? Jacques ODell, [14 Jun 2022 at 19:20:27]: No butorphanol in him, as we walked him directly into crate. Some of the others got butorphanol. Hendrik Hansen, [15 Jun 2022 at 05:21:25]: Hi Jacques, 60 butorphanol and 12 medetomidine and wait a bit longer. You can reverse the medetomidine if needed at 1:1.
