Effect of induction dose, lactation stage and body condition on tiletamine-zolazepam anaesthesia in adult female grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) under field conditions

Veterinary Record

Volumn 168, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 457-

  Langton, S D ^a,c   Moss, S E ^b   Pomeroy, P P ^b   Borer, K E ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; TILETAMINE; TILETAMINE, ZOLAZEPAM DRUG COMBINATION; ZOLAZEPAM;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREATHING RATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTATION; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY CONSTITUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LACTATION; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEALS, EARLESS; TILETAMINE; ZOLAZEPAM;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 79956367526     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.d1047     Document Type: Article

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