Hypothermia in horses induced by general anaesthesia and limiting measures

Equine Veterinary Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-56

  Mayerhofer, I ^a   Scherzer, S ^a   Gabler, C ^a   Van Den Hoven, R ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Horse; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRYOANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TUMOR; UMBILICAL HERNIA; URETHROTOMY; VASECTOMY;

EID: 13844252107     PISSN: 09577734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2005.tb00336.x     Document Type: Article

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