Physiological response to manual restraint of wild impala

Abstract

Abstract The physiological response resulting from manual restraint in veld and bomakept impala was investigated by determining haematocrit, lactate, glucose, total protein and lipid, osmolarity, cortisol, and catecholamine values at times 0, 5, and 10 minutes. Blood was also obtained at time 10 from animals manually restrained but without repetitive sampling. The results indicate that manual restraint resulted in a physiological response in both veld and boma‐kept animals but that the reactions were different depending on whether the impala were naive. In addition, repetitive blood sampling did not aggravate the response.