Analgesic effects of epidural administration of hydromorphone in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-15

  Natalini, Cláudio C ^a   Linardi, Renata L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROMORPHONE; WATER;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HORSE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERINEUM; SACRUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HORSES; HYDROMORPHONE; PAIN THRESHOLD;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33645233094     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.1.11     Document Type: Article

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