Etorphine-Ketamine Constant Rate Infusion for Maintenance of Anaesthesia in a Compromised White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

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(a) Course of the respiratory rate (RR) (breaths per minute) and heart rate (HR) (beats per minute); (b) diastolic arterial blood pressure (DAP) (mmHg), and systolic arterial blood pressure (SAP) (mmHg) during the anaesthetic procedure in a subadult white rhinoceros. Time is the elapsed time after recumbency. Medetomidine administration (stars) caused an increase in blood pressure resulting from peripheral vasoconstriction. IPPV was initiated at minute 75.

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