A Zoletil®-Rompun® mixture as an alternative to the use of opioids for immobilization of feral red deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 663-669

  Janovsky, Martin ^a,c   Tataruch, Frieda ^a   Ambuehl, Mathias ^b   Giacometti, Marco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Animal Breeding   (Switzerland)

^d Wildvet Projects   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus hippelaphus; Ethorphine; Immobilization; Red deer; Sarmazenile; Tiletamine; Xylazine; Yohimbine; Zolazepam

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIPRENORPHINE; ETORPHINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MYDRIATIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; SARMAZENIL; TELAZOL; TILETAMINE; UREA; XYLAZINE; YOHIMBINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; DRUG COMBINATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OXIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOVAKIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ACEPROMAZINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BENZODIAZEPINES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEER; DIPRENORPHINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETORPHINE; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; IMIDAZOLES; IMMOBILIZATION; MYDRIATICS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OXIMETRY; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TILETAMINE; UREA; XYLAZINE; YOHIMBINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0034303084     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.4.663     Document Type: Article

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