Table 43. --Immobilizing trials with succinylcholine, St. Paul Island, 1966 



Adult 

 male 

 seals 



Estimated 

 weight 



Actual 

 weight 



Dosage Effect 



Total time 

 from injection 

 to full 

 Latent Period of recovery 



period immobilization or death 



Number Lb. 

 1 400 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



182 



400 182 



400 182 



450-500 205-227 400 182 



500-600 227-273 460 209 



400 182 



400 182 



400 182 



400 182 



Lb. Kg^ Mg. 

 60 

 60 

 60 

 80 

 80 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 60 



Minutes 



Immobilized 



do. 



do. 



Lethal 

 --do. - 

 Incomplete 

 ---do. --- 

 No effect 

 Lethal 



Minutes 

 19 

 20 

 11 



Minutes 

 24 

 34- 

 25 

 29 

 23 



20 



Figure 24. — Pup enclosure showing position of sea- water tank, slatboard racks, heat 

 lamps (L), and thermometer (T), St. Paul Island, 1965. 



NUTRITION OF PUPS 



Two variations of a formula were fed for 

 5 weeks to two groups of four newborn pups. 



Housing and Preparation 



The pup enclosure (fig. 24) used in 1966 

 was identical to that used by the end of the 



first month of trials in 1965 (Wilson, 1966*), 

 Eight newborn (1-3 days old) pups presumed 

 to have nursed^ were weighed, bathed, had 



* T. M. Wilson. 1966. Behavior and husbandry methods 

 for captive northern fur seal pups. Master's thesis, Dept. 

 Conserv., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y. vii f 38 pp. 



"^ Pup number 4 was taken from his mother before he 

 had nursed. 



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