Self-mutilation in rabbits following intramuscular ketamine-xylazine-acepromazine injections

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 581-582

  Vachon, Pascal ^a,b  

^a Centre de Recherche LC Simard   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; HINDLIMB; HISTIOCYTOSIS; INFLAMMATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACEPROMAZINE; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANIMALS; AXONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RABBITS; SELF MUTILATION; XYLAZINE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032845089     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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