Rompun: Anaesthesia from a safe distance.

Rompun and anaesthesia in zoo and wild animals.

Practical considerations

Wild animals are anaesthetised from a distance with a dart (projectile syringe). The dart is projected using

• a blowpipe for short distances (e.g. caged animals)
• a pistol or an air gun for long distances.
  

Sedation (preferably total immobilisation) of wild animals is a prerequisite for all therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, blood tests, biopsies, measurement of various parameters (e.g. weight), capture and transport.

Immobilisation of wild animals places certain demands on the anaesthetic. Rompun is able to meet all the requirements thanks to its triple action as a sedative, muscle relaxant and analgesic with a rapid onset of action.

• The volume of the product must be reduced to ensure accuracy at a distance. There is a choice between the 2% Rompun solution and the lyophilised substance diluted to 5%, 10% or more, which allows optimal adjustment and reduction of the volume as required.
• Rompun’s wide therapeutic margin ensures safe and simple anaesthesia in these animals, whose weight must generally be estimated from a distance.
  Rompun’s efficacy has been shown in a wide variety of animals.
• Since the muscle relaxant effect wears off before the sedative effect, the animal can stand up with no risk of falling; the animal is calm when it regains consciousness.