Chemical restraint and anesthesia of sea otters affected by the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1831-1834

  Sawyer, Donald C ^a   Williams, Thomas D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; AZAPERONE; BUTORPHANOL; BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; OXYMORPHINE; PETHIDINE; TILETAMINE; TRANQUILIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOLAZEPAM;

ACCIDENT; ANESTHESIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SEDATION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

ACEPROMAZINE; ALASKA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; AZAPERONE; BUTORPHANOL; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; MEPERIDINE; OTTERS; RESCUE WORK; STRESS;

ENHYDRA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029950849     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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