Comparison of subcutaneous and intramuscular ketamine-medetomidine with and without reversal by atipamezole in Dutch belted rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Williams, Angelina M ^a   Wyatt, Jeff D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATIPAMEZOLE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART RATE; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; RABBIT; RIGHTING REFLEX; ANIMAL; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZATION; REFLEX; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HEART RATE; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 38449096536     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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