Cartentanil citrate used as an oral anesthetic agent for brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-221

  Mortenson, Jack ^a,c   Bechert, Ursula ^b  

^a Wildlife Safari   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Brown bears; Carfentanil citrate; Oral administration; Seasonal changes; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

CARFENTANIL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART SOUND; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; HEART SOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RESPIRATION; SEASONS; URSIDAE;

EID: 0038262734     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0217:CCUAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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