VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

SITES OF DARTING BY VARIOUS IMMOBILIZATION EQUIPMENTS

• Muscular region is the best site to be selected for the due deposition of drug component into the animal’s body.
• Shoulder region is the better site.
• Avoid the scapular area of the animal.
• Avoid injecting into the eye or over the bony prominences or over the genitalia.
• In animal like giraffe, pectoral muscle-area may be the suitable area for darting because of the presence of adequate masses of muscular tissues at this site. (However, take care of the frequently moving head)
• In elephant and rhino, it is better to dart at the hind quarters from behind, well below the ischial tuberosities and base of the tail.
• In rhinos, neck may also be a better site of darting
• In felids, shoulder or thigh region may be the better sites of darting