Evaluation of medetomidine-ketamine anesthesia with atipamezole reversal in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-44

  Heaton Jones, Terrell G ^a   Ko, Jeff C H ^b   Heaton Jones, D L ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American alligator; Anesthesia; Atipamezole; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Metabolic scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANIMALIA;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ALLIGATOR; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; STANDARD;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; IMIDAZOLES; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; REFLEX; RESPIRATION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 0036491138     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0036:EOMKAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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