The Veterinary Record, Vol 123, Issue 11, 287-289
Copyright © 1988 by British Veterinary Association
The use of a ketamine-diazepam mixture to immobilise wild grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) and southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)
Baker JR,
SS Anderson,
and
MA Fedak
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Liverpool, Neston, Wirral.
A mixture of ketamine and diazepam, at doses of 6 mg/kg and 0.30 mg/kg respectively, proved to be a reliable and reasonably safe immobilisation agent for field work on grey and southern elephant seals. It was better than previously reported drugs used either singly or in combination.
