Etorphine-halothane anaesthesia in two five-year-old African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 164-166

  Stegmann, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Azaperone; Elephant; Etorphine; Halothane; Loxodonta africana

Indexed keywords

AZAPERONE; DIPRENORPHINE; ETORPHINE; HALOTHANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL SURGERY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 0033509256     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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