Poultry, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2375-446X
+44-77-2385-9429
ISSN: 2375-446X
+44-77-2385-9429
Las Palmas Veterinary Hospital, 1239 S US Highway 281, Falfurrias, Texas 78355, USA
Michael L. Vickers, D.V.M. of Falfurrias is owner and president of Las Palmas Veterinary Hospital, Inc. He is chairman of the Texas Border Volunteers, Inc., member of the Texas Veterinary Medical Association and its bovine committee, and a member of the Director Nominating Committee for Capital Farm Credit. He is also member of the Texas Farm Bureau and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Vickers received a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University. Reappointed 7/2018
Case Report
Successful Treatment of Severe Hyperthermia in Captive White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Author(s): Chase M Nunez*, Michael L Vickers, Logan F Thomas, Katherine E Trotter and Walter E Cook
Hyperthermia is a common, serious issue when capturing wildlife and has the potential to cause irreversible damage and death if severe, especially among cervids. During a disease surveillance program in white-tailed deer, 72 animals were chemically immobilized for sample collection. Most of the deer became hyperthermic (body temperatures >2°C above physiological norm) and of those, three became severely hyperthermic (>4.2+°C above physiological norm). Since the deer were sedated for regulatory purposes, reversal of the immobilant was not an option to restore natural thermoregulation. Rather, flunixin meglumine was administered to each animal in conjunction with cold water enemas and/or copious external application of water. Body temperatures rapidly cooled and stabilized within normal physiological ranges after the treatment. Once the samples were collected, each deer wa.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2375-446X.20.8.210