Red Handed Tamarin Spay Case Study

The protocols change based on the animal. Unfortunately, it’s never the same every time even for the same animal. It also depends on if the animals is a ruminate or not. Based on what I have seen and experienced the combination of Ketamine and Midazolam have been used most often with the smaller mammals. As of now, we have only downed smaller mammals for minimal procedures, such as exams.
Red- Handed Tamarin Spay
One case is when we had to do an ovariohysterectomy on a Red- Handed Tamarin. She was scheduled to have this procedure done because she did not need to breed with others in her group. This particular species does not require them to reproduce in captivity to sustain the species. They also did not want to chance inbreeding. This particular