Reliability of the enterprise point-of-care (EPOC) blood analyzer's calculated arterial oxygen-hemoglobin saturation in immobilized white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum)
CONCLUSIONS: The EPOC cSaO2 is unreliable and should not be used to monitor blood oxygenation in immobilized white rhinoceroses.Please read abstract in the article.Agriculture Sector Education Training Authority; Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Research; Department of Paraclinical Sciences, University of Pretoria; Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria; Dnata Wild-over-Wildlife; South African Government Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority; Wiederhold Foundation.http://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/vcpAnatomy and PhysiologyCentre for Veterinary Wildlife StudiesParaclinical SciencesProduction Animal Studie
