Anesthesia in a baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-198

  Trim, Cynthia M ^a   Lamberski, Nadine ^b   Kissel, Dennis I ^a,c   Quandt, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Riverbanks Zoo and Garden   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Butorphanol; Detomidine; Isoflurane; Ketamine; Tapirus bairdii

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUTORPHANOL; DETOMIDINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BUTORPHANOL; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 0032084685     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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