An endoscopic method for identifying sex of hatchling Chinese box turtles and comparison of general versus local anesthesia for coelioscopy

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 800-804

  Hernandez Divers, Stephen J ^a   Stahl, Scott J ^b   Farrell, Raymond ^c  

^a Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

^b Stahl Exotic Animal Veterinary Services   (United States)

^c Turtle Survival Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; LAPAROSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DETERMINATION; TURTLE;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CUORA FLAVOMARGINATA; MURRAYA EXOTICA; TERRAPENE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 63749104799     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.6.800     Document Type: Article

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