Blood-gas and acid-base parameters in nontranquilized Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) in the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Kilgallon, Conor ^a   Bailey, Tom ^b   Arca Ruibal, Barbara ^b   Misheff, Martha ^c   O'Donovan, Declan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Dubai Falcon Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^c DUBAI EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Wadi Al Safa Wildlife Centre   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Acid base; Arabian oryx; Blood gases; I STAT; Nontranquilized

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; ORYX LEUCORYX;

EID: 41749113336     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2006-0025.1     Document Type: Article

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