Telazol®-xylazine versus ketamine-xylazine: A field evaluation for immobilizing white-tailed deer

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 566-570

  Kilpatrick, Howard J ^a,c,d,e,f   Spohr, Shelley M ^b,c,e,g,h  

^a Wildlife Division   (United States)

^b Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e Wildlife Society   (United States)

^f Deer Management Program   (United States)

^g Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immobilize; Ketamine xylazine; Odocoileus virginianus; Telazol xylazine; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZATION; KETAMINE; SAFETY; TELAZOL; XYLAZINE;

DEER; IMMOBILIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033406181     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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