Field anesthesia of juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) using inhalation anesthesia Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractBetween 1998 and 2008, 621 Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus, SSL) were captured underwater by SCUBA divers and anesthetized with isoflurane (n = 602) or sevoflurane (n = 19). We found significantly faster induction time ( SD) for sevoflurane (11 6 min) compared to isoflurane (14 6 min), as well as an interaction between anesthetists using the isoflurane protocol. Severe hypothermia with temperatures <35C were measured in 22% of all animals, and had significant associations with month, length of anesthesia, and sex. Mortality rate was low (0.33%). We conclude that both isoflurane and sevoflurane anesthesia were effective for field anesthesia to safely handle and sample SSL.

authors

• O'hara, Todd

published proceedings

• Marine Mammal Science

author list (cited authors)

• Lian, M., Johnson, S., Gelatt, T., O'Hara, T. M., Beckmen, K. B., & Rea, L. D.

citation count

• 6

complete list of authors

• Lian, Marianne||Johnson, Shawn||Gelatt, Thomas||O'Hara, Todd M||Beckmen, Kimberlee B||Rea, Lorrie D

publication date

• January 2018

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• 31 Biological Sciences
• 3103 Ecology
• 3109 Zoology
• 41 Environmental Sciences
• 4102 Ecological Applications

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/mms.12445

start page

• 125

end page

• 135

volume

• 34

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12445