Comparison of four regimens for intraoral administration of medication to induce sedation in cats prior to euthanasia

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-245

  Wetzel, Randolph W ^a   Ramsay, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETOMIDINE; KETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EUTHANASIA; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREMEDICATION; RECUMBENCY; SEDATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; CATS; EUTHANASIA; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; KETAMINE; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032528464     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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