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2002

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Evaluation Of Carfentanil And Xylazine For Immobilization Of White-Tailed Deer, Bradley F. Miller Aug 2002

Evaluation Of Carfentanil And Xylazine For Immobilization Of White-Tailed Deer, Bradley F. Miller

Masters Theses

From October 2001 until January 2002 captive wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) held at the University of Georgia Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources Whitehall Deer Research Facility were immobilized with a combination of carfentanil (carfentanil citrate) and xylazine (xylazine hydrochloride) to 1) determine and evaluate an optimum and safe dose for carfentanil/xylazine in white-tailed deer and 2) compare immobilization parameters and physiological effects of carfentanil/xylazine to Telazol®/xylazine. Animals were given intramuscular injections of 10 mg of xylazine and one of four different levels of carfentanil 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 mg. A carfentanil dose of 1.2 …


Winter Ecology Of Cooper’S Hawks On Ames Plantation, Tennessee, Laura A. Lake May 2002

Winter Ecology Of Cooper’S Hawks On Ames Plantation, Tennessee, Laura A. Lake

Masters Theses

Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii) were listed by Ganier (1933) as fairly common permanent residents of western Tennessee during the early 1900’s, but populations declined during the 20th Century presumably because of habitat changes, shooting, and effects of pesticides on reproduction (Newton 1979). Breeding bird survey data for Tennessee suggest that Cooper’s hawk populations are increasing (+4.6% increase/year, 1966-2000), although sample sizes are too small for significant trends (P = 0.39, Sauer et al. 2001). Nicholson (1997), in the Tennessee Breeding Bird Atlas completed during the early 1990's, still described Cooper’s hawks as uncommon permanent residents.

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