Butorphanol and azaperone as a safe alternative for repeated chemical restraint in captive white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 196-200

  Radcliffe, Robin W ^a   Ferrell, Shannon T ^a   Childs, Sara E ^b  

^a Fossil Rim Wildlife Center   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Azaperone; Butorphanol; Chemical restraint; Narcotics; Rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; AZAPERONE; BUTORPHANOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NALTREXAZONE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OXIMETRY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANIMALS; AZAPERONE; BUTORPHANOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NALTREXONE; OXIMETRY; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 0034207673     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0196:BAAAAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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