Effects of age, size and condition of elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) on their intravenous anaesthesia with tiletamine and zolazepam

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 235-240

  Field, I C ^a   Bradshaw, C J A ^a   McMahon, C R ^a   Harrington, J ^a   Burton, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELAZOL; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

AGE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEAL; TIME; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; PHOCA;

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; SEALS, EARLESS; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 0037167224     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.8.235     Document Type: Article

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