The effect of boma-housing and long-acting tranquillizers on body temperature, physical activity and food intake of blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 159-167

  Fick, L ^a   Matthee, A ^b   Mitchell, D ^a   Fuller, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b National Zoological Gardens Lichtenburg Game Breeding Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity; Body temperature; Data loggers; Feeding; Haloperidol; Perphenazine enanthate; Thermoregulation; Zuclopenthixol acetate

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; PERPHENAZINE; PERPHENAZINE ENANTHATE; TRANQUILIZER; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL ACETATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 32344435466     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.11.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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