Comparison of injectable anesthetic combinations in free-ranging two-toed sloths in French Guiana

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 555-566

  Vogel, Ingrun ^a   De Thoisy, Benoît ^a   Vié, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Acepromazine; Choloepus didactylus; Immobilization; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Tiletamine zolazepam; Two toed sloth; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; TILETAMINE; XYLAZINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOTH; WILD ANIMAL;

ACEPROMAZINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; RESPIRATION; SLOTHS; TILETAMINE; XYLAZINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0032112484     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-34.3.555     Document Type: Review

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