Suspected tolazoline toxicosis in a llama

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-229

  Read, Matt R ^a   Duke, Tanya ^a   Toews, Anne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMA GLAMA; ANIMALIA; LAMA (CAMEL);

DIAZEPAM; TOLAZOLINE; XYLAZINE;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEDATION; TACHYCARDIA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DIAZEPAM; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; NOSE DISEASES; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEIZURES; TOLAZOLINE; TRACHEOTOMY; XYLAZINE;

EID: 0034650657     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.227     Document Type: Article

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