Reversible anaesthesia of free-ranging lions (Panthera leo) in Zimbabwe

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 187-192

  Fahlman, Åsa ^a   Loveridge, A ^b   Wenham, C ^c   Foggin, C ^d   Arnemo, J M ^e,f   Nyman, G ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Malilangwe Trust   (Zimbabwe)

^d Division of Livestock and Veterinary Services   (Zimbabwe)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f Faculty of Forestry and Wildlife Management   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Atipamezole; Immobilisation; Lion; Medetomidine; Panthera leo; Reversible; Tiletamine; Zolazepam

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; MEDETOMIDINE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TILETAMINE; UREA; ZALOPINE; ZOLAZEPAM; ZOLETIL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; LION; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RELIABILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TUBERCULIN TEST; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; WORKING TIME; ZIMBABWE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; PANTHERA LEO;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIONS; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; RESPIRATION; TILETAMINE; TIME FACTORS; ZIMBABWE; ZOLAZEPAM;

EID: 33745113861     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v76i4.424     Document Type: Article

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