Comparative Immobilization of Wild Felids in Thailand

We immobilized individuals of four free-ranging felid species, leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), Asiatic golden cat (Catopuma temminckii), and marbled cat (Pardofelis marmorata) with ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine hydrochloride (KH-XH) and with tiletamine hydrochloride and zolazepam hydrochloride (TH-ZH) between March 1998 and July 2002. Mean (±SD) dose of KH and XH was 26.51±5.71 mg/kg and 1.89±0.43 mg/kg, respectively (n=25), and mean dose of TH-ZH was 11.61±3.39 mg/kg (n=28). Dose was significantly correlated with induction time (P