2000 Report of the AVMA panel on euthanasia

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 669-696

  Beaver, B V ^a   Reed, W ^a   Leary, S ^a   McKiernan, B ^a   Bain, F ^a   Schultz, R ^a   Bennet, B T ^a   Pascoe, P ^a   Shull, E ^a   Cork, L C ^a   Francis Loyd, R ^a   Amass, K D ^a   Johnson, R ^a   Schmidt, R H ^a   Underwood, W ^a   Thornton, G W ^a   Kohn, B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; DESFLURANE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ENFLURANE; ETHER; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHOXYFLURANE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEVOFLURANE; SOLVENT; STRYCHNINE; TANAX; TRICAINE; VETERINARY DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CARDIOTOXICITY; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCUTION; EUTHANASIA; FOOD CHAIN; GUNSHOT INJURY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0035089414     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.669     Document Type: Review

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