Chemical anesthesia of Northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris): Results of past field studies

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-189

  Monson, Daniel H ^a   McCormick, Carolyn ^a,b   Ballachey, Brenda E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Box 131 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Diazepam; Enhydra lutris; Fentanyl; Naltrexone; Sea otter

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; AZAPERONE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CARNIVORA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREMOR;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; AZAPERONE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OTTERS; RESPIRATION; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS; TREMOR;

EID: 0005157012     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0181:CAONSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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