Field use of isoflurane for safe squirrel and woodrat anesthesia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1262-1266

  Parker, William T ^a   Muller, Lisa I ^a   Gerhardt, Reid R ^a   O'Rourke, Dorcas P ^a,c   Ramsay, Edward C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allegheny woodrat; Anesthesia; Eastern gray squirrel; Immobilization; Isoflurane; Neotoma magister; Sciurus carolinensis

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC; HANDLING STRESS; RODENT; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 48249143211     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-141     Document Type: Article

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