Suspected anaphylaxis to leuprolide acetate depot in two elf owls (Micrathene whitneyi)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-168

  Stringer, Elizabeth M ^a,b   De Voe, Ryan S ^b   Loomis, Michael R ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; elf owl; gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; leuprolide acetate; Micrathene whitneyi

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; LEUPRORELIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; OSTRICH;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; LEUPROLIDE; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

AVES; MICRATHENE; MICRATHENE WHITNEYI; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 79952830827     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0145.1     Document Type: Article

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