Browsing Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Mar by Author "Ramírez, Oscar"
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Immobilization of free-ranging Hoffmann´s two-toed and brown-throated three-toed sloths using ketamine and medetomidine: a comparasion of physiologic parameters
Hanley, Christopher S.; Siudak-Campfield, Joanna; Paul-Murphy, Joanne; Vaughan, Christopher; Ramírez, Oscar; Keuler, Nicholas S.; Sladky, Kurt K. (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica., 2008)Free-ranging Hoffmann’s two-toed sloths (Choloepus hoffmanni; n526) and brown throated three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus; n515) were manually captured and immobilized with 2.5 mg/kg ketamine + 0.02 mg/kg medetomidine ... -
Pesticide exposure on sloths (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hoffmanni) in an agricultural landscape of Northeastern Costa Rica
Pinnock Branford, Margaret Verónica; De la Cruz, Elba; Solano, Karla; Ramírez, Oscar (Journal of Environmental Biology, 2014-01)Between 2005 and 2008, wild Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hoffmanni inhabiting an agricultural landscape and captive animals from a rescue center in Northeastern Costa Rica were studied to assess exposure to pesticides. ...