Chemical restraint of the nile hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in captivity

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-49

  Ramsay, Edward C ^a   Loomis, Michael R ^b   Mehren, Kay G ^c   Boardman, Wayne S J ^d,f   Jensen, Jim ^e   Geiser, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

^c TORONTO ZOO   (Canada)

^d Auckland Zoological Park   (New Zealand)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Perth Zoological Gardens   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diprenorphine; Etorphine; Hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; Immobilization; Naltrexone; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ATROPINE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DIPRENORPHINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETORPHINE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; OXYGEN; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACEPROMAZINE; ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ARTIODACTYLA; ATROPINE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIPRENORPHINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ETORPHINE; FASTING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; ISOFLURANE; MALE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; XYLAZINE;

EID: 0032014119     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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