Intramuscular anesthesia of bonito and Pacific mackerel with ketamine and medetomidine and reversal of anesthesia with atipamezole

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-421

  Williams, Thomas D ^a   Rollins, Megan ^b   Block, Barbara A ^b  

^a Tuna Res and Conservation Center   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FISH; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; PERCIFORMES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; SARDA; SARDA CHILIENSIS; SCOMBER; SCOMBER JAPONICUS; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBROIDEI;

EID: 3342945046     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.417     Document Type: Article

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