Xylazine and ketamine-induced glycosuria in white-tailed deer |
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Authors: | G D DelGiudice U S Seal T J Kreeger |
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Institution: | Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108. |
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Abstract: | This study documents glycosuria effects of xylazine and ketamine in eight captive and 19 free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from January to April 1985. Mean urinary glucose:creatinine ratios in two groups of deer fed high protein-high energy and low protein-low energy diets and in free-ranging deer were 1,000, 719, and 259, respectively. Glucose did not occur in urine of deer immobilized by physical restraint. Glucose:creatinine increased with the time interval between xylazine injection and urine collection in the two groups of captive deer. |
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