Current practice relating to equine castration in the UK

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 277-280

  Price, Jill ^a   Eager, R A ^a   Welsh, E M ^a   Waran, N K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Castration; Equine; Pain; Survey

Indexed keywords

BUTORPHANOL; CARPROFEN; CHLOROFORM; DIAZEPAM; DIPRENORPHINE; FLUNIXIN; KETAMINE; KETOPROFEN; MIDAZOLAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENYLBUTAZONE; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; DRUG UTILIZATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 14844282739     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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