Interview 22122 – Caption Index: 151
Were you, or were you in St. Louis, one of the leaders in doing this kind of research?… Read More
Were you, or were you in St. Louis, one of the leaders in doing this kind of research?… Read More
Or were this being done in other zoos also?… Read More
Oh, I think this was being done in other zoos too. Read More
It’s not using its hind legs very well. I thought, well maybe the dart hit, kinda on a spinal column, or up there, and it you know, caused some difficulty there, and why it’s having difficulty in the back legs. And so I thought, “Well, we’d better go in and… Read More
However, the dart’s a pretty good size, and it hits with some impact. It’s fine for a large animal, but a small animal, it’s a little bit, can be tough. At the time we made some darts, we’d seen some that somebody had had put together using the plastic disposable… Read More
And, you know, I told them, “Look, I don’t wanna publish anything about the tigers, the drug is fabulous.” And at that time they were getting ready to put it on the market for use in dogs and cats, not in, obviously the zoo market is not a big place… Read More
How much, what dosage did you use?” And so forth. And that had to get sent back to the company all the time to get more of the product. Maybe what you’re referring to is, at one point, it just was such a fabulous drug, except I used it on… Read More
What was the plane of anesthesia?… Read More
You know, why didn’t the animal, why is the animal now having ataxia?… Read More
And publishing those details, or doing, what was going on then? You were?… Read More
Well yes, part of the arrangement with the drug company, they provided the drug, but I had to always provide a sheet, you know, “Well, how long did it take to become immobilized?… Read More
Well again, the big difference with zoo medicine compared to I think, domestic animal medicine is that you’re usually always anesthetizing the animal. You’re immobilizing the animal, I guess. Difference being immobilizing is keeping it so that you could do something to it. Anesthetizing means that it’s not gonna have… Read More
What were you doing with that and why?… Read More
And so CI-744 was, today it’s on the market as a product called Tilazol. But at that time it was extremely valuable immobilizing so many different species that really went down well, and after you were finished with your procedure, recovered well. So it did not have a specific antagonist,… Read More
So the zoo was looking for grants, getting grants, bringing people in, or it was in house?… Read More
A lot of it was in house. We would always, if there was grants available, we would work on those. But we didn’t have a whole lot of time to put granting applications together. Read More
And one of your other research things was anesthetics?… Read More
And if you had particular requirements, if you wanted certain things to be saved, looking for answers for medical problems for people. You know, the National Cancer Institute utilized a lot of the tissues there, and we started saving. “Oh, how do you want it saved, what do you want?”… Read More
We did a lot of reproduction research. Initially, I think zoos are a little bit hesitant to say, “Well, we’re gonna do research on our animals.” I mean, that’s not kinda just accepted, and it’s like, “But well, wait a minute. We’re gonna do research on reproduction so, because there’s… Read More
You did some research also then in reproduction?… Read More