Tiletamine-Zolazepam use in wildlife immobilization (2012-2022)

The Veterinary Drugs Directorate has compiled ten years of data on the use of injectable tiletamine-zolazepam products for immobilizing wildlife in Canada. There are no approved tiletamine-zolazepam products in Canada. Access to a foreign authorized tiletamine-zolazepam product is permitted through Experimental Studies Certificates (ESC) or Emergency Drug Release (EDR) authorizations. The data collected from 2012-2022 comes from follow-up reports to authorizations for tiletamine-zolazepam products through these pathways. Follow-up reports are submitted to collect information on the product safety and the effectiveness for its intended use. This dataset compiled from the follow-up reports provides general information about how the products have been used and may be of interest to wildlife conservation officers, researchers or drug manufacturers. The dataset includes the number of animals immobilized, the species, the amount of drug used, and whether there were any adverse events or concerns with the quality of sedation. The data also indicates the province where immobilizations had taken place and any other drugs that were included in the immobilization protocol. This dataset provides information on protocols that have been used in the past, but does not replace the need to consult with a veterinarian with experience in wildlife to design or update immobilization protocols.

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• Health and Safety
• bears
• bison
• deer
• elk
• immobilization
• moose
• raccoons
• seals
• skunks
• tiletamine
• veterinary drugs
• wildlife
• wolves
• zolazepam

Additional Info

• Maturity Level 1 (46%)
• Maturity Level 2 (31%)
• Maturity Level 3 (0%)
• Maturity Level 4 (0%)
• Maturity Level 5 (0%)
• Maturity Level 6 (0%)

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Last Updated	October 20, 2025, 02:15 (UTC)
Created	October 20, 2025, 02:15 (UTC)
Domain / Topic Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title Title for the Dataset.	Tiletamine-Zolazepam use in wildlife immobilization (2012-2022)
Description A description of the dataset.	The Veterinary Drugs Directorate has compiled ten years of data on the use of injectable tiletamine-zolazepam products for immobilizing wildlife in Canada. There are no approved tiletamine-zolazepam products in Canada. Access to a foreign authorized tiletamine-zolazepam product is permitted through Experimental Studies Certificates (ESC) or Emergency Drug Release (EDR) authorizations. The data collected from 2012-2022 comes from follow-up reports to authorizations for tiletamine-zolazepam products through these pathways. Follow-up reports are submitted to collect information on the product safety and the effectiveness for its intended use. This dataset compiled from the follow-up reports provides general information about how the products have been used and may be of interest to wildlife conservation officers, researchers or drug manufacturers. The dataset includes the number of animals immobilized, the species, the amount of drug used, and whether there were any adverse events or concerns with the quality of sedation. The data also indicates the province where immobilizations had taken place and any other drugs that were included in the immobilization protocol. This dataset provides information on protocols that have been used in the past, but does not replace the need to consult with a veterinarian with experience in wildlife to design or update immobilization protocols.
Tags / Keywords Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.	Health and Safety bears bison deer elk immobilization moose raccoons seals skunks tiletamine veterinary drugs wildlife wolves zolazepam
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc) File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size Dataset size in megabytes.
Metadata Identifier Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date Published date of the dataset.	2024-02-28
Time Period Data Span (start date) Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date) End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.

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Access category Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
License License used to access the dataset.	Open Government Licence - Canada
Limits on use Limits on use of data.
Location Location of the dataset.	https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/80f802ea-b502-4e51-b9a1-d7cd67f95ad5
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Owner Owner of the dataset.	Health Canada | Santé Canada
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Publisher Publisher of the dataset.
Publisher Email Email of the publisher.	[email protected]
Author Author of the dataset.
Author Email Email of the author.
Accessed At Date the data and metadata was accessed.

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Source Source of the dataset.	None
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The Indigenous communities the dataset is about Indigenous communities from which data is derived.

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