Reptile anaesthesia and the practising veterinarian

In Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 351-368

  Malley, Dermod ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EMYDIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; ALLIGATOR;

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETICYCLIDINE; ISOFLO; ISOFLURANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALLIGATOR; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH STATUS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUGULAR VEIN; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; REVIEW; SNAKE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURGERY; TRAINING; TURTLE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0030820657     PISSN: 0263841X     EISSN: 20427689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/inpract.19.7.351     Document Type: Article

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