Four preanesthetic oral sedation protocols for rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 497-502

  Pulley, Astrid C S ^a,b   Roberts, Jeffrey A ^a   Lerche, Nicholas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cincinnati Zoo's Ctr Conserv E   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Midazolam; Nonhuman primate; Rhesus macaque; Tiletamine zolazepam

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 13244249908     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/03-092     Document Type: Article

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