Relative efficiency of succinylcholine, xylazine, and carfentanil/xylazine mixtures to immobilize free-ranging moose

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-48

  Delvaux, Hugues ^a,b   Courtois, Rehaume ^a   Breton, Laurier ^a   Patenaude, Robert ^a  

^a Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^b Jardin Zoologique du Québec ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carfentanil; Cost; Immobilization; Moose; Naltrexone; Physiological reactions; RX821002A; Succinylcholine chloride; Xylazine hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CARFENTANIL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; TIME FACTORS; XYLAZINE;

EID: 0032601998     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.38     Document Type: Article

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