Reliability, clinical performance and trending ability of a pulse oximeter and pulse co-oximeter, in monitoring blood oxygenation, at two measurement sites, in immobilised white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).

Thembeka K Mtetwa, Edward P Snelling, Peter E Buss, Ashleigh C Donaldson, Annette Roug, Leith C R Meyer

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Thembeka K MtetwaCentre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa. thembeka.mtetwa@up.ac.za.

Edward P SnellingCentre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.

Peter E BussCentre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.

Ashleigh C DonaldsonSchool of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, South Africa.

Annette RougCentre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.

Leith C R MeyerCentre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.

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backgroundMonitoring blood oxygenation is essential in immobilised rhinoceros, which are susceptible to opioid-induced hypoxaemia. This study assessed the reliability, clinical performance and trending ability of the Nonin PalmSAT 2500 A pulse oximeter's and the Masimo Radical-7 pulse co-oximeter's dual-wavelength technology, with their probes placed at two measurement sites, the inner surface of the third-eyelid and the scarified ear pinna of immobilised white rhinoceroses. Eight white rhinoceros were immobilised with etorphine-based drug combinations and given butorphanol after 12 min, and oxygen after 40 min, of recumbency. The Nonin and Masimo devices, with dual-wavelength probes attached to the third-eyelid and ear recorded arterial peripheral oxygen-haemoglobin saturation (SpO

resultsOnly the Nonin device with transflectance probe attached to the third-eyelid provided reliable SpO

conclusionsThe overall assessment of reliability, clinical performance and trending ability indicate that the Nonin device with transflectance probe attached to the third-eyelid is best suited for monitoring of blood oxygenation in immobilised rhinoceros. The immobilisation procedure may have affected cardiovascular function to an extent that it limited the devices' performance.

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OximetryOxygenPerissodactylaAnimalsFemaleImmobilizationMaleReproducibility of ResultsOxygenChemical immobilisationOxygen-haemoglobin saturationWildlife

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PMID39014383

DOI10.1186/s12917-024-04179-5

PMCPMC11251122

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