INSTRUCTORS

LECTURE TOPICS WILL INCLUDE

• Philosophy and General Considerations Prior to the Use of Chemical Immobilization as a Capture technique: Purpose and application; standard operating procedures; proper injection sites.
  
  
• Animal Behavior: Flight reaction; flight distance.
  
  
• Techniques to Minimize Capture Stress and Mortality in Animals: Definition of stress; stress response; prevention of stress.
  
  
• Remote Delivery Equipment and Technology: Long and short range projectors, blowguns, pole syringes, hand injection: What equipment is available? How does it function? How well does it hold up to field use; Choosing the system to best fit your needs; Advantages and disadvantages of the various commercially available systems, How to get the most utility out of the projector you already own: Equipment Design and Mechanics: Hand syringes; pole syringes; blowguns; darts: homemade darting systems; overview of commercially available systems; remote delivery equipment: design and mechanics; overview of commercially available systems utilizing carbon dioxide, compressed air, 22 blank powered charges (including Pneu-dart, Telinject, Daninject, Paxarms, Distinject, Palmer (Cap-chur); ballistics and range; techniques to ensure consistent accuracy and atraumatic dart delivery; terminal impact and the importance of minimizing tissue damage on injection; effects of wind on dart; radio transmitter darts, practice and equipment maintenance
  
  
• Capture Pharmacology: Classification of drugs; the "ideal" immobilizing agent; neuromuscular blocking agents: mechanism of action; hazards associated with their use; central nervous system agents (CNS): mechanism of action; benefits; opioids, alpha-2 agonists, cyclohexamines, long and short acting neuroleptics; drug combinations; pharmacology for captive, semi- and free-ranging wildlife applications; animal control; laboratory research, and zoological medicine.
  
  
• Dosage Calculation: Estimation of weight; dosage recommendation; drug concentrations.
  
  
• Drug and Dosage Recommendations: Learn the Safest, Most Current Drug and Dosage Recommendations for the Species You Work With: Our programs are tailored to cover the species of interest by those in attendance including Domestic Animals: Dogs, cats cattle, horses, small ruminants; Deer: White-tailed: black-tailed, elk, caribou, moose, fallow, axis, sika, mule; Large Carnivores: Bear, wolves, mountain lion, exotic cats, fox, coyote; Exotic Hoofstock: bison, african bovids, antelope, equids; Avian: Urban ducks and geese, rheas, emu, ostrich, raptors; Non-human Primates; Reptiles; Urban Wildlife: Raccoon, skunks, woodchucks, opossum, squirrels.
  
  
• Drug Delivery Techniques: Approach on land; the importance of observing induction periods; how to handle and redose animals not immobilized on the initial injection.
  
  
• Post Immobilization Procedures and Techniques of Anesthetic Monitoring: How to ensure your patient remains physiologically stable under anesthesia: Ensuring the correct level of immobilization for an approach which affords operator safety and minimizes stress to the animal; handling the immobilized animal; proper species specific positioning; vital signs and how to monitor them; proper techniques of dart removal; dart wound care, the use of antibiotics and tetanus prophylaxis, reversal agents; release and recovery. Procedural checklists and patient care monitoring protocols provided!!
  
  
• How to Recognize, Prevent, and Treat Immobilization Related Medical Emergencies: Clinical Signs, Supportive Field Procedures and Preventive Measures: Respiratory distress/arrest; circulatory failure/shock; disturbances of thermoregulation: hyperthermia, hypothermia; bloat; capture myopathy; physical injury, seizures; pneumonia, mortality of uncared young; cardiac arrest; veterinary assistance; post-mortem examination; emergency kits.
  
  
• Personnel and Public Safety: Developing Human Safety Protocols for Accidental Exposure to Anesthetic or Immobilizing Medications: what to expect with accidental human exposure to anesthetic medications, recommended protective safety equipment and techniques to minimize and prevent accidental human exposure, firearms safety; equipment safety; field emergency kits; security; public safety precautions.
  
  
• Record Keeping: Report forms, checklists, drug logs, drug labeling recommendations, the latest on AMDUCA (Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act), and DEA regulations. Legal Considerations: Responsibilities, liabilities with the use of immobilizing drugs.

"HANDS ON" WORKSHOP TOPICS WILL INCLUDE

• Practice and Development of Proficiency with the Blowgun
   

• Safe Handling and Use of Short and Long Range Projectors
   

• Safe Handling and Use of Immobilization Darts
   

• Use of Safety Equipment for the Prevention of Accidental Human Exposure to Anesthetic Drugs
   

• Practice and Development of Proficiency with Radio-Tracking Darts
  

AUDIENCE

MATERIALS PROVIDED: All attendees receive a 175-page training manual covering all program presentations.

Register by Phone (608-767-3071), by using our Online Registration, or by Fax (608-767-3072)

REGISTRATION FEE: Early Registration: $495, General Registration: $545, Student Registration: $295 (undergraduate students, graduate students, residents, and interns, certified veterinary technicians)