Handling of female pacas (Agouti paca, Linnaeus, 1766) for ultrasound pregnancy detection

Uniparidade em pacas criadas em cativeiro (Agouti paca, Linnaeus, 1766)

“…Conforme Oliveira et al (2003a), para realizar a ultra-sonografia, os animais eram capturados por meio de puçá feito de corda de polipropileno e encaminhados a uma sala próxima às baias onde se realizava a tricotomia abdominal. As fêmeas eram, então, colocadas em gaiola de barras de ferro, apropriada para a contenção de pequenos felinos, a qual apresenta uma parede móvel com capacidade de imobilizar o animal por prensagem lateral.…”

Natural Habitat, Housing, and Restraint of Six Selected Neotropical Animals in Trinidad and Tobago with the Potential for Domestication

“…A net, made of polypropylene material attached to a wire loop, was used to capture female pacas and they were restrained using squeeze cages made of iron [38]. Likewise, physical restraint can be obtained using hand nets [39].…”

“…A number of different chemical combinations were utilized for restraint or anaesthesia: ketamine hydrochloride (dose rate of 48.9 mg/kg) and acepromazine maleate (dose rate of 0.6 mg/kg) [30]; xylazine and ketamine at 10% intramuscularly [31]; and 10% ketamine hydrochloride intramuscularly [32]. One diazepam tablet (10 g) was given orally per paca and also midazolam maleate tablets (7.5 mg) were used, which were found to work better than the diazepam tablets [38]. Ketamine (dose rate of 25 mg/kg) and midazolam (dose rate of 0.5 mg/kg) intramuscularly were used as premedication, and isoflurane in 100% oxygen was used for induction and maintenance, via a face mask [41].…”