Effectiveness of tolazoline in reversing xylazine-induced sedation in calves

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-92

  Powell, Jim D ^a   Denhart, Joseph W ^b   Lloyd, W Eugene ^b  

^a Auckland Surgical Centre   (New Zealand)

^b Lloyd Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLAZOLINE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECUMBENCY; SEDATION; STANDING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TOLAZOLINE; XYLAZINE;

EID: 0031984926     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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