CHemical restraint of southern elephant seals (mirounga leonina)-, use of medetomidine, ketamine and atipamezole and comparison with other cyclohexamine-based combinations

British Veterinary Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-224

  Woods, R ^a,b   McLean, S ^a,b   Nicol, S ^a,b   Burton, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

A 2 adrenergic agonist; Chemical restraint; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDIN; MEDETOMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SEDATION;

ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS; XYLAZINE;

EID: 0029912358     PISSN: 00071935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1935(96)80075-3     Document Type: Article

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