Taking the sting out of darting : Risks, restraint drugs and procedures for the chemical restraint of Southern Hemisphere otariids Baylis,AMM, Page,B, Staniland,I, Arnould,JPY and Mckenzie,J 2015, Taking the sting out of darting : Risks, restraint drugs and procedures for the chemical restraint of Southern Hemisphere otariids, Marine Mammal Science, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 322-344, doi: 10.1111/mms.12148. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Taking the sting out of darting : Risks, restraint drugs and procedures for the chemical restraint of Southern Hemisphere otariids Author(s) Baylis,AMM Page,B Staniland,I Arnould,JPY orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-9330 Mckenzie,J Journal name Marine Mammal Science Volume number 31 Issue number 1 Start page 322 End page 344 Total pages 23 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Place of publication Malden, MA Publication date 2015-01 ISSN 0824-0469 1748-7692 Keyword(s) Anesthesia Conservation Ecology Fur seal Pinniped Sea lion Tagging Telazol Telemetry Tranquilizer Zoletil Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Marine & Freshwater Biology Zoology ARCTOCEPHALUS-PUSILLUS-DORIFERUS CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS FUR SEALS TILETAMINE-ZOLAZEPAM EUMETOPIAS-JUBATUS FORAGING BEHAVIOR FALKLAND ISLANDS DELIVERY SYSTEMS IMMOBILIZATION Summary The need to manage otariid populations has necessitated the development of a wide range of capture methods. Chemical restraint by remote drug delivery (i.e., darting) is a highly selective method that can be used to facilitate otariid capture in a range of scenarios, when other methods may be impracticable. However, the risks associated with darting otariids are not widely known and guidelines necessary to promote and refine best practice do not exist. We review the risks associated with darting and in light of our findings, develop darting guidelines to help practitioners assess and minimize risks during capture, anesthesia and recovery. Published studies reveal that mortalities associated with darting predominantly result from complications during anesthetic maintenance (e.g., prolonged respiratory depression, apnea, or hyperthermia), rather than from complications during capture or recovery. In addition to monitoring vital signs and proper intervention, the risk of irreversible complications during anesthesia can be reduced by administering drug doses that are sufficient to enable the capture and masking of animals, after which anesthetic depth can be regulated using gas anesthesia. Language eng DOI 10.1111/mms.12148 Field of Research 070701 Veterinary Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Socio Economic Objective 960802 Coastal and Estuarine Flora HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Wiley-Blackwell Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30070650 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Mar 2015, 08:04:48 EST Fri, 13 Mar 2015, 08:05:47 EST Fri, 13 Mar 2015, 08:37:41 EST Fri, 13 Mar 2015, 08:45:15 EST Wed, 15 Apr 2015, 11:21:35 EST Wed, 15 Apr 2015, 11:26:18 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 25 times in TR Web of Science Cited 25 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 592 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 13 Mar 2015, 08:05:47 EST