Postanesthetic monitoring of core body temperature using telemetry in North American river otters (Lutra canadensis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-417

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

Anesthesia; Lutra canadensis; River otter; Telemetry; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARNIVORA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MONITORING; TELEMETRY;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OTTERS; TELEMETRY; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0031307538     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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