A comparison of carfentanil/xylazine and telazol®/xylazine for immobilization of white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 851-858

  Miller, Brad F ^a   Muller, Lisa I ^a   Storms, Timothy N ^b   Ramsay, Edward C ^b   Osborn, David A ^c   Warren, Robert J ^c   Miller, Karl V ^c   Adams, Kent A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carfentanil citrate; Hyperthermia; Induction; Naltrexone hydrochloride; Odocoileus virginianus; Reversal; Telazol ; White tailed deer; Yohimbine hydrochloride

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARFENTANIL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; NALTREXONE; TELAZOL; TILETAMINE; XYLAZINE; YOHIMBINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SAFETY; TIME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; DEER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NALTREXONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; SAFETY; TILETAMINE; TIME FACTORS; XYLAZINE; YOHIMBINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 2942655335     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.851     Document Type: Article

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