Evaluation of long-term sedation in Cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus) with perphenazine enanthate and zuclopenthixol acetate

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 329-335

  Huber, Christine ^a,c   Walzer, Christian ^b   Slotta Bachmayr, Leopold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Zoo Salzburg   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; Cheetah; Long acting neuroleptics; Perphenazine acetate; Zuclopenthixol acetate

Indexed keywords

CLOPENTHIXOL; CLOPENTHIXOL ACETATE ESTER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PERPHENAZINE; PERPHENAZINE ENANTHATE;

AKATHISIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; EVALUATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS; TIME; TISSUE INJURY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ACINONYX; AKATHISIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLOPENTHIXOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EATING; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PERPHENAZINE; PROLAPSE; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037667219     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0329:EOLTSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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