The use and assessment of ketamine-medetomidine-butorphanol combinations for field anaesthesia in wild European badgers (Meles meles)

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 367-372

  McLaren, Graeme W ^a   Thornton, Peter D ^b,c   Newman, Chris ^a   Buesching, Christina D ^a   Baker, Sandra E ^a   Mathews, Fiona ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Badgers; Butorphanol; Field studies; Ketamine; Medetomidine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUTORPHANOL; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HEART RATE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BUTORPHANOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HEART RATE; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MUSTELIDAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645516398     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2005.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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