Effects of butorphanol on the withdrawal reflex using threshold, suprathreshold and repeated subthreshold electrical stimuli in conscious horses

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-58

  Spadavecchia, Claudia ^a,e   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Spadavecchia, Luciano ^c   Mosing, Martina ^d   Auer, Ulricke ^d   Van Den Hoven, Renè ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Butorphanol; Horse; Nociception; Reflex; Temporal summation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33846261549     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2006.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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