Comparison of pharmacopuncture, aquapuncture and acepromazine for sedation of horses

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-272

  Luna, Stelio P L ^a   Angeli, Ana L ^a   Ferreira, Cristiane L ^a   Lettry, Vivien ^a   Scognamillo Szabó, Márcia ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acupoint; Acupuncture; Equine; Injection; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUAPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HORSE; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOPUNCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 51849152920     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel096     Document Type: Article

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