A comparison of two intramuscular doses of xylazine-ketamine combination and tolazoline reversal in llamas

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-96

  DuBois, William R ^a,b   Prado, Tulio M ^a   Ko, Jeff C H ^a   Mandsager, Ronald E ^a   Morgan, Gregor L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vet Res and Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Ketamine; Llama; Tolazoline; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; TOLAZOLINE; XYLAZINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CASTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HYPOXEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZATION; RECUMBENCY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; LAMA (CAMEL); LAMA GLAMA;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; RESPIRATION; TOLAZOLINE; XYLAZINE;

EID: 2442660622     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2987.2004.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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