Sedative effects of medetomidine and its reversal by atipamezole in llamas

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1562-1565

  Waldridge, Bryan M ^a,b   Lin, Hui Chu ^a   DeGraves, Fred J ^a   Pugh, David G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; ATROPINE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART RATE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; SHEEP;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEART RATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDETOMIDINE; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; LAMA (CAMEL); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031446831     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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