Immobilization of striped skunks with Telazol®

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 713-716

  Larivière, Serge ^a,b,c   Messier, François ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Handling; Immobilization; Mephitis mephitis; Striped skunk; Telazol ; Tiletamine; Zolazepam

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030433835     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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