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Fifteen adult Canada lynx (eight males, seven females, weighing from 8.54 to 13 kg) were anesthetized with either the KD protocol (n = 8) or the KDM protocol (n = 7) after being captured using cage traps or foot snares. Reversal was provided with 0.25 mg\/kg atipamezole IM. Time to induction was similar between protocols (6 \u00b1 3 min). Time to sternal recumbency for lynx anesthetized with KDM (mean = 4.3 min, range = 0\u20136 min) was significantly shorter than for lynx anesthetized with KD (mean = 7.9 min, range = 2\u201313 min). A tendency for shorter recovery time was observed in lynx anesthetized with KDM (13.7 \u00b1 10.3 min) compared with lynx from the KD group (24.6 \u00b1 9.0 min). Total anesthesia duration was set around 45 min for both protocols (43.5 \u00b1 6.3 min) to allow the ketamine to be metabolized before injecting the reversal agent. No differences were observed between protocols regarding the different physiological parameters evaluated, which stayed within the accepted range throughout anesthesia. Though both protocols provided a safe and stable anesthesia, the shorter time to sternal recumbency of the KDM protocol was seen as an advantage for brief field immobilizations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1638\/2025-0044","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,4]],"date-time":"2026-01-04T07:34:09Z","timestamp":1767512049000},"page":"56-63","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["COMPARISON OF KETAMINE\u2013DEXMEDETOMIDINE AND KETAMINE\u2013DEXMEDETOMIDINE\u2013MIDAZOLAM PROTOCOLS FOR ANESTHESIA IN FREE-RANGING CANADA LYNX (LYNX CANADENSIS)"],"prefix":"10.1638","volume":"57","author":[{"given":"Marianne","family":"Parlange","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u00c9milie L.","family":"Couture","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shannon","family":"Ferrell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacobo Romano","family":"Noriega","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"C\u00e9line","family":"Isaaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marianne","family":"Cheveau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"St\u00e9phane","family":"Lair","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1213","reference":[{"key":"5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"T Grubb, J Sager, JS Gaynor, et al.  \"J Am Anim Hosp Assoc.\"  56, \"2020 AAHA anesthesia and monitoring guidelines for dogs and cats.\" 59 (2020)","DOI":"10.5326\/JAAHA-MS-7055"},{"key":"15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"CA Schroeder, KM Schroeder, RA Johnson,  \"J Zoo Wildl Med.\"  41, \"Transversus abdominis plane block for exploratory laparotomy in a Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis).\" 338 (2010)","DOI":"10.1638\/2009-0113R1.1"},{"key":"3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"EP. 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