Field anesthesia of golden jackals (Canis aureus) with the use of medetomidine-ketamine or medetomidine-midazolam with atipamezole reversal

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 576-581

  King, Roni ^a   Lapid, Roi ^b   Epstein, Ana ^b   Bdolah Abram, Tali ^b   Shilo, Yael ^c  

^a Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atipamezole; Canis aureus; Golden jackal; Immobilization; Ketamine; Medetomidine; Midazolam

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; MEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; JACKAL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMIDAZOLES; IMMOBILIZATION; JACKALS; KETAMINE; MALE; MEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS;

CANIDAE; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 58149107462     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0010.1     Document Type: Article

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