Comparison of sedative effects of romifidine following intravenous, intramuscular, and sublingual administration to horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 954-959

  Freeman, Sarah L ^a   England, Gary C W ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROMIFIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HORSE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SNORING; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEARING; HEART RATE; HORSES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; TOOTH; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0032811220     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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