Thai dog birth control project using injectable chemo-sterilant needs advice on immobilization of dogs for procedure

March 24, 2004

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> " Dr. Henry Wilde " <docwilde

> " Merritt Clifton, editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE. " <anmlpepl

>Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:46:24 +0700

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>God day from Bangkok:

>We had a long meeting yesterday to finalize a large comprehensive

>dog population control and vaccination program in a pilot province.

>Funding comes from The government and staff will involve us,

>ministry of health and agriculture people. The use on a locally

>made zinc compound intratesticularly will be part of this study.

>One problem will be how to immobilize stray dogs for the short time

>needed to inject the Zink in small volume with very small

>(tuberculin) syringe. Do you have any friends who have experience

>with this that could be applied on the streets in Thailand by

>trained lay persons who do not want to injure the dog and be bitten?

>Any suggestions (appliances etc) would be appreciated. Best, Henry

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