Blood sample collection in lizards is an important ... in larger species such as iguanas and monitor lizards. The jugular veins are situated laterally and deep and are seldom visible even when ...

To draw blood from a jugular vein is easiest when the animal is under anesthesia, although I have taken samples with no problem on awake rats. In my experience gerbils and hamsters are one of the ...

In the subjects, in addition to arterial blood and cerebrospinal fluid, jugular-vein blood was sampled through a catheter introduced via an arm vein and placed at the level of the superior jugular ...

The smallest needle size appropriate for the size of the animal and sample volume should ... can cause collapse of the sampled vein. The jugular vein is the blood sampling site of choice in ...

Applying internal jugular vein (IJV) compression was assumed to retain sufficient blood in the skull to fill ... An additional limitation of our study is the small sample size which prevents further ...