Immobilization and physiological parameters associated with chemical restraint of wild pigs with Telazol® and xylazine hydrochloride

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-205

  Sweitzer, Richard A ^a   Ghneim, George S ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Van Vuren, Dirk ^a   Gonzales, Ben J ^b   Boyce, Walter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Arizona Game and Fish   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen concentrations; Body condition; Immobilization; Sus scrofa; Telazol ; Wild pigs; Xylazine hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYGEN; TELAZOL; TILETAMINE; XYLAZINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; SWINE; TILETAMINE; TIME FACTORS; XYLAZINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0031110754     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-33.2.198     Document Type: Article

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