Comparison of the analgesic effects of xylazine in sheep via three different administration routes

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 304-307

  Grant, C ^a   Upton, R N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHEEP; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; XYLAZINE;

EID: 3042577902     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2004.tb12712.x     Document Type: Article

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