Use of naloxone to reverse carfentanil citrate-induced hypoxemia and cardiopulmonary depression in Rocky Mountain wapiti (Cervus elaphus nelsoni)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-89

  Moresco, Anneke ^a,c   Larsen, R Scott ^a,d   Sleeman, Jonathan M ^a,e   Wild, Margaret A ^b,f   Gaynor, James S ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c Carnivore Preservation Trust   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e The Wildlife Center of Virginia   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Carfentanil; Cervus elaphus; Hypoxemia; Naloxone; Wapiti

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; CERVUS ELAPHUS NELSONI;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARFENTANIL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OXYGEN; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEER; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPOXEMIA; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RESPIRATION; XYLAZINE;

EID: 0012117303     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0081:UONTRC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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