Use of fluoxetine for the treatment of stereotypical pacing behavior in a captive polar bear

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1470-1474

  Poulsen, Else M B ^a   Honeyman, Virginia ^a   Valentine, Pamela A ^b   Teskey, G Campbell ^b  

^a Calgary Zoo   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAR; BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOUSING; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; URSIDAE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0029804623     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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