• 환경생물
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.467-473
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• 2019

야생동물의 신체부위의 절단은 야생에서 활동에 영향을 미칠 수 있으며, 특히 겨울철 동면기간에 새끼를 출산하는 반달가슴곰의 경우 겨울철 생존과 양육활동에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 지난 2017년 지리산국립공원에 서식하는 반달가슴곰이 올무에 걸려 오른쪽 앞발 절단 수술을 하여 같은 해에 야생에 방사되어 2개체의 새끼를 출산하였다. 이 개체와 함께 같은 해에 출산한 암컷 5마리의 출산 및 양육기간 동안 계절별로 행동권을 분석한 결과, 활동 시기에는 다른 개체들에 비해 넓은 행동권과 많은 이동거리를 나타냈다. 이는 신체장애로 인한 먹이 활동과 새끼 양육에 따른 영향으로 추정된다. 다른 개체들에 비해 불리한 환경에서 자라난 반달가슴곰 새끼가 현재는 문제를 일으키지 않지만 지속적인 모니터링을 통해서 어미의 양육 학습의 성공여부를 파악할 수 있을 것이다. 이 연구결과는 여러 관점에서의 사람과의 갈등에 대한 장기적인 관리 방향을 설정하고 계획을 수립하는 데 활용될 수 있을 것이라 판단된다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.306-313
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• 2019

It is important to identify the most suitable anesthetic agent that has minimal side effects to be able to control and perform surgeries on bears. In this study, we examined and compared the induction and recovery times as well as the physiological changes occurring during anesthesia induced by medetomidine-zolazepam/tiletamine (MZT) and xylazine-zolazepam/tiletamine (XZT) at general anesthesia for laparoscopic salpingectomy in 326 female Asiatic black bears. The body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and levels of PaO₂ and EtCO₂ were the physiological changes measured during surgical procedures in female bears after anesthesia. In addition, the levels of pO₂, pCO₂, and sO₂ were measured using a portable blood gas analyzer. To induce recovery from anesthesia, bears anesthetized with MZT were intravenously administered atipamezole and bears anesthetized with XZT were intravenously administered yohimbine. The combination MZT, at dosages of 0.019 ± 0.001 mg/kg for medetomidine and 1.4 ± 0.1 mg/kg for ZT, or the combination XZT, at dosages of 2.0 ± 0.1 mg/kg for xylazine and 3.0 ± 0.1 mg/kg for ZT, proved to be reliable and effective in anesthetizing Asiatic black bears for a 40-min handling period for routine clinical procedures. The average anesthesia induction times were 16.5 ± 0.95 min for the bears in the MZT group and 12.0 ± 0.44 min for those in the XZT group. A significant difference was noted between the two drugs (P < 0.001) in terms of the average anesthesia induction time. The anesthesia induction time was shorter for bears with lower body weights than those with higher body weights (P < 0.05). The recovery time of MZT was significantly faster than that of XZT (11.3 ± 0.45 min vs. 18.5 ± 0.83 min) (P < .001). The bears anesthetized with MZT exhibited lower cardiopulmonary suppression than those anesthetized with XZT (P < 0.05). The body temperatures and EtCO₂ of bears in the M ZT group were significantly lower than those in the XZT group as time progressed after anesthesia (P < 0.05). The average pO₂ before the bears were supplied with oxygen was 64.8 ± 3.7 mmHg, but it increased to 211.5 ± 42.5 mmHg afterwards (P < 0.001). In conclusion, our results indicate that bears anesthetized with MZT have longer anesthesia induction time, shorter recovery time, slower heart and respiratory rates, and lower body temperatures and EtCO₂ than those anesthetized with XZT. These findings suggest that XZT is preferable to MZT, warranting further research on its uses and clinical responses in bears.