Ratites

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Ratites belong to the avian orders Struthioniformes (ostriches), Casuariformes (emus and cassowaries), Rheiformes (rheas), and Apterygiformes (kiwis). This chapter summarizes the drugs used for chemical restraint in ratites. Complications associated with physical restraint either pre or post anesthesia include wing fractures, tibiotarsal fractures, tarsometatarsal joint luxation, lacerations caused by hooks or other restraint devices, cervical vertebrae dislocation or fracture, compression injury of the trachea, hypoxemia, peroneal nerve damage, and capture myopathy. Young ratites (chicks and small juveniles weighing ≤6 kg) are manually restrained by supporting under the body and allowing the legs to either hang or be folded. In ostrich chicks undergoing four different anesthetic combinations, only metomidate/azaperone intramuscular produced satisfactory anesthesia and analgesia with relatively few side effects. Etorphine/ketamine showed similar, but more reliable immobilization and recovery when administered to adult ostriches.

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