Sedative and physiologic effects of orally administered α2-adrenoceptor agonists and ketamine in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1929-1932

  Grove, Daniel M ^a   Ramsay, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DETOMIDINE; KETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEDATION; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; XYLAZINE;

EID: 0034659246     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.1929     Document Type: Article

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