Assessment of ketamine/medetomidine anaesthesia in the New Zealand White rabbit

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-25

  Hedenqvist, P ^a   Roughan, Jv ^b   Orr, He ^b   Antunes, L M ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844264690     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2995.2001.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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