The impact of water temperature on core body temperature of North American river otters (lutra canadensis) during simulated oil spill recovery washing protocols

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 407-412

  Stoskopf, Michael K ^a   Spelman, Lucy H ^a,e   Sumner, Perry W ^b   Redmond, Daniel P ^c   Jochem, Warren J ^d   Levine, Jay F ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b N Carolina Wildl Rsrc Commission   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Petroleum; River otter; Squalene; Telemetry; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DETERGENT; FRESH WATER; KETAMINE; SQUALENE; TELAZOL; TILETAMINE; WATER; ZOLAZEPAM;

AEROSOL; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARNIVORA; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HAIR; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DETERGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HAIR; HYPOTHERMIA; KETAMINE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OTTERS; SQUALENE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TILETAMINE; WATER; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0031296965     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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