Effects of preoperative administration of butorphanol or meloxicam on physiologic responses to surgery in ball pythons

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1883-1888

  Olesen, Mette G ^a   Bertelsen, Mads E ^b   Perry, Steve F ^c   Wang, Tobias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTORPHANOL; HYDROCORTISONE; MELOXICAM; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SNAKE; TIME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BOIDAE; BUTORPHANOL; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; PYTHON REGIUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 58149169135     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.12.1883     Document Type: Article

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