Anesthesia of grizzly bears using xylazine-zolazepam-tiletamine or zolazepam-tiletamine

Ursus

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-93

  Cattet, Marc R L ^a   Caulkett, Nigel A ^a   Stenhouse, Gordon B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Grizzly bear; Telazol ; Tiletamine; Ursus arctos; Xylazine; Yohimbine; Zolazepam

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042599257     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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