Ketamine-medetomidine or isoflurane immobilization of black-footed ferrets

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 654-662

  Kreeger, Terry J ^a,b,c   Vargas, Astrid ^a,b,c   Plumb, Glenn E ^a,b,c   Tom Thorne, E ^a,b,c  

^a WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c Badlands National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Atipamezole; Black footed ferret; Body temperature; Heart rate; Immobilization; Isoflurane; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Mustela nigripes; Oxygen saturation; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ATIPAMEZOLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HYBRID; HYPOTHERMIA; IDENTIFICATION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE MEDETOMIDINE; MUSTELA NIGRIPES; OXYGEN SATURATION; RADIOCOLLAR; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 0031865022     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802341     Document Type: Article

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