Successful treatment of acute systemic anaphylaxis in a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 522-525

  Hayman, David T S ^a,b   King, Tony ^c   Cameron, Kenneth ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Aspinall Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d Gorilla Doctors Inc   (Rwanda)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Congo)

Author keywords

Anaphylactic shock; epinephrine; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; type 1 hypersensitivity; western lowland gorilla

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; TUBERCULIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; GORILLA; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APE DISEASES; DEXAMETHASONE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 77956491871     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0027.1     Document Type: Article

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