Cardiopulmonary and anesthetic effects of medetomidine-ketamine-butorphanol and antagonism with atipamezole in servals (Felis serval)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 329-334

  Langan, Jennifer N ^a,b   Schumacher, Juergen ^a   Pollock, Christal ^a   Orosz, Susan E ^a   Jones, Mike P ^a   Harvey, Ralph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Butorphanol; Felis serval; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Serval

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; BUTORPHANOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; CARNIVORA; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG; MALE; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BUTORPHANOL; CARNIVORA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; LUNG; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0034278499     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0329:CAAEOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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