Light drug sedation/anesthesia for European bison

Abstract

Long involvement in European bison breeding and management allows to make various observations and experiments. The immobilization of European bison is not an easy task. In this paper are presented raw results of immobilization of 24 animals using six different drug combinations. All drugs are available in Spain and have different effects upon the organism. In the paper presented is the time of the sedation and other details. The number of immobilized animals is too small to make any serious conclusions, but obtained results indicate that it is worth to further analyses the mixture No. 6 of Zoletil and Romifidine