Balanced Anesthesia in the Equine

Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-110

  Bettschart Wolfensberger, Regula ^a   Larenza, M Paula ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alpha2 adrenoceptor agonists; balanced anesthesia; horse; inhalation anesthesia; ketamine; lidocaine; medetomidine; opioids

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547851742     PISSN: 15347516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctep.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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