COMPARISON OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF MEDETOMIDINE-KETAMINE VERSUS MEDETOMIDINE-AZAPERONE-ALFAXALONE COMBINATION IN FREE-RANGING ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP (OVIS CANADENSIS)

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 662-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Williams ◽  
Nigel Caulkett ◽  
Peter Neuhaus ◽  
Kathreen Ruckstuhl ◽  
Soren Boysen ◽  
...  
2004 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry J. Kreeger ◽  
Walter E. Cook ◽  
William H. Edwards ◽  
Todd Cornish

2000 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 752-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy V. Baszler ◽  
J. P. Dubey ◽  
Christiane V. Löhr ◽  
William J. Foreyt

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2010-2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. MacArthur ◽  
Ronald H. Johnston ◽  
Valerius Geist

The telemetered heart rates (HR) of unrestrained female bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) were recorded under various behavioral and environmental circumstances. In all ewes HR varied positively with activity level and inversely with distance to a road traversing the study area. The HR recorded from animals moving at night or through timber by day were higher than during daytime movement across open slopes.Responses to transient stimuli varied greatly. The appearance of free-ranging canids evoked maximal increases in HR in all ewes. Vehicular traffic and aircraft elicited HR responses only at close range (< 200 m). Most (78.1%) HR responses to disturbing stimuli preceded or occurred in the absence of overt behavioral reactions. The HR usually peaked within 60 s of the onset of the response and recovered to predisturbance base line in less than 200 s. The appearance and continued presence (1–10 min) of a human within 50 m of the sheep resulted in a 20% rise in mean HR. The significance of these findings is discussed in relation to the behavior, ecology, and bioenergetics of bighorn sheep.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 2028-2034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry J. Harlow ◽  
E. Tom Thorne ◽  
Elizabeth S. Williams ◽  
E. Lee Belden ◽  
William A. Gern

It was the purpose of this study to investigate methods of assessing responses to stress by free-ranging bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis). The adrenal response test on wild-caught bighorn sheep maintained in captivity did not demonstrate either adrenal exhaustion or hypersensitivity during chronic stress. To study physiological responses to acute stress, hand-reared bighorn sheep were habituated to living in stalls and fitted with electrocardiogram leads and jugular cannulas for remote monitoring of cardiac frequency and blood cortisol changes. A radioimmunoassay was validated on bighorn sheep plasma which was a modification of the procedure used for domestic sheep. A linear relationship between heart rate and blood cortisol was obtained for individual animals suggesting that remote monitoring of cardiac frequency can be used as a predictor of adrenal function and, therefore, the potential immunologic condition of an animal during stress.


1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 885-888 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. H. Chen ◽  
D. A. Blood ◽  
B. E. Baker

Milk was obtained from five Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep living in the Jasper Park area of Alberta. The milk was collected at [Formula: see text] and 3 months post partum. The gross composition and milk fat fatty acids of the milk samples and of a sample of domestic sheep milk (Suffolk, 1 month post partum) were determined.


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