Anesthesia of wild red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) with medetomidine/ketamine and reversal by atipamezole

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 399-410

  Vié, J Christophe ^a,b   De Thoisy, Benoît ^a   Fournier, Pascal ^a   Fournier Chambrillon, Christine ^a   Genty, Christophe ^a   Kéravec, Joël ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b Association Kwata   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Alouatta seniculus; Anesthesia; Atipamezole; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Red howler

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ALOUATTA; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE;

ALOUATTA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0031878651     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)45:4<399::AID-AJP6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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