Peri-anaesthetic and anaesthetic-related mortality risks in great apes (Hominidae) in zoological collections in the UK and Ireland

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-442

  Masters, Nicholas J ^a,b   Burns, Fiona M ^c   Lewis, John C M ^a  

^a C o International Zoo Veterinary Group   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Great apes; Ireland; Mortality; Risk; UK

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 35548949846     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2007.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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