A fixed moderate-dose combination of tiletamine+zolazepam outperforms midazolam in induction of short-term immobilization of ball pythons (Python regius)

• Lynn J. Miller ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lynn.j.miller.mil@mail.mil (LJM); kuhnjens@mail.nih.gov (JHK)

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• David P. Fetterer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Nicole L. Garza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Matthew G. Lackemeyer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States of America

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• Ginger C. Donnelly,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Jesse T. Steffens,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Sean A. Van Tongeren,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Jimmy O. Fiallos,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Joshua L. Moore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Shannon T. Marko,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Luis A. Lugo-Roman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD, United States of America

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• Greg Fedewa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3448-3819

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• Joseph L. DeRisi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

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• Jens H. Kuhn ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lynn.j.miller.mil@mail.mil (LJM); kuhnjens@mail.nih.gov (JHK)

  Affiliation Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7800-6045

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• Scott J. Stahl

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Stahl Exotic Animal Veterinary Services, Fairfax, VA, United States of America

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