Pharmacokinetics of florfenicol in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) after single intravenous and intramuscular injections

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-8

  Stamper, M Andrew ^a,c   Papich, Mark G ^a   Lewbart, Gregory A ^a   May, Stuart B ^b   Plummer, Delta D ^a   Stoskopf, Michael K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pine Knoll Shores   (United States)

^c Walt Disney World   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Caretta caretta; Florfenicol; Loggerhead sea turtle; Pharmacokinetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLORFENICOL; THIAMPHENICOL;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; RANDOMIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HALF-LIFE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THIAMPHENICOL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLES;

EID: 0037591386     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2003)34[0003:POFILS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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