Capture of sandhill cranes using alpha-chloralose

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 859-868

  Hayes, Matthew A ^a,b   Hartup, Barry K ^a   Pittman, Jeanne M ^a   Barzen, Jeb A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha chloralose; Capture techniques; Exertional myopathy; Greater sandhill cranes; Grus canadensis tabida; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GRUIDAE; GRUS CANADENSIS; GRUS CANADENSIS TABIDA;

CHLORALOSE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHLORALOSE; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; SEASONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 2942679413     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.859     Document Type: Article

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