Health evaluation of free-ranging guanaco (Lama guanicoe)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-141

  Karesh, William B ^a   Uhart, Marcela M ^a,b   Dierenfeld, Ellen S ^a   Braselton, W Emmett ^c   Torres, Alfonso ^d   House, Carol ^d   Puche, Helena ^a   Cook, Robert A ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Flumazenil; Guanaco; Immobilization; Lama guanicoe; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; ANTIDOTE; CARFENTANIL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; MINERAL; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; TELAZOL; TILETAMINE; VITAMIN; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SHEEP; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES; ANTIDOTES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYMES; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; HEALTH STATUS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MINERALS; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; TILETAMINE; VITAMINS; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0032088517     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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