Anaesthesia of a sumatran tiger on eight occasions with ketamine, medetomidine and isoflurane

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 105-108

  Forsyth, S F ^a   Machon, R G ^a   Walsh, V P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Atipamezole; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Sedation; Tiger

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033148125     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.1999.36123     Document Type: Article

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