Use of a pethidine and midazolam combination for the reversible sedation of crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophagus)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 581-589

  Tahmindjis, Mark A ^a   Higgins, Damien P ^a,b   Lynch, Michael J ^a   Barnes, Julie A ^a   Southwell, Colin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Chemical restraint; Crabeater seal; Flumazenil; Ketamine; Lobodon carcinophagus; Midazolam; Naloxone; Pethidine; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; PINNIPED;

ANIMALIA; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0037592135     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2003.tb01322.x     Document Type: Article

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