Evaluation of intramuscular butorphanol, azaperone, and medetomidine and nasal oxygen insufflation for the chemical immobilization of white-tailed deer, odocoileus virginianus

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 480-487

  Mich, Patrice M ^a   Wolfe, Lisa L ^b   Sirochman, Tracey M ^b   Sirochman, Michael A ^b   Davis, Tracy R ^b   Lance, William R ^c   Miller, Michael W ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Wildlife Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Azaperone; Butorphanol; Medetomidine; Odocoileus virginianus; Oxygenation; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AZAPERONE; BUTORPHANOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MEDETOMIDINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; DEER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AZAPERONE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BUTORPHANOL; DEER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 53549116453     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0150.1     Document Type: Article

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