Field anesthesia of free-living mountain gorillas (gorilla gorilla beringei) from the virunga volcano region, Central Africa

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Sleeman, Jonathan M ^a   Cameron, Kenneth ^b   Mudakikwa, Antoine B ^b   Nizeyi, John Bosco ^c   Anderson, Susanne ^d   Cooper, John E ^e   Richardson, H Melvyn ^f   Macfie, Elizabeth J ^g   Hastings, Barkley ^f   Foster, James W ^f  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Center   (Rwanda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust ^*  (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

^g Arabuko Sokoke Forest Mgmt Team   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Democratic Republic of Congo; Gorilla gorilla beringei; Ketamine; Mountain gorillas; Rwanda; Tiletamine zolazepam

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; OXYGEN; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; GORILLA; HEART RATE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RWANDA;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HEART RATE; KETAMINE; MALE; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RWANDA; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0034149261     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0009:FAOFLM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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