Remote Drug Delivery

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-74

  Isaza, Ramiro ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral restraint; Cooperative animals; Manual restraint; Mechanical restraint; Remote drug delivery

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249207818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376478.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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