Detomidine reduces isoflurane anesthetic requirement (MAC) in horses

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 223-227

  Steffey, Eugene P ^a   Pascoe, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 agonist; Detomidine; Horse; Isoflurane; MAC

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644300974     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2995.2002.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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