Immobilisation of impala (Aepyceros melampus) with a ketamine hydrochloride/medetomidine hydrochloride combination, and reversal with atipamezole hydrochloride

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-18

  Bush, M ^a   Raath, J P ^b   Phillips, L G ^c   Lance, W ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Wildlife Pharmaceuticals   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Wildlife Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aepyceros melampus; Atipamezole hydrochloride; Blood gases; Hyaluronidase; Impala; Ketamine hydrochloride; Medetomidine hydrochloride; Oxygen saturation; Piloerection; Re sedation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYALURONIDASE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; OXYGEN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

AGGRESSION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD PH; BREATHING RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPOXIA; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PAIN; PREDATION; PREVENTION; RECUMBENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEDATION; WILDLIFE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANIMALIA; MELAMPUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 4644289507     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v75i1.442     Document Type: Article

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