Use of Medetomidine for Sedation in the Laboratory Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 583-591

  Hauptman, K ^a   Jekl Jr , V ^a   Knotek, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Rodents; Sedation monitoring

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; RAT; REFLEX; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1442313271     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200372040583     Document Type: Article

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