Lack of efficacy of injectable ketamine with xylazine or diazepam for anesthesia in chickens

Lab Animal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 36-39

  Varner, Jack ^a   Clifton, Kelli R ^a   Poulos, Stacy ^a   Broderson, J Roger ^a   Wyatt, Roger D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; XYLAZINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKENS; DIAZEPAM; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; RESPIRATION; XYLAZINE;

EID: 3042529403     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0504-36     Document Type: Article

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