Immobilization of muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) with etorphine and xylazine

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Blix, Arnoldus S ^a   Lian, Hans ^a   Ness, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

ETORPHINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY;

ANIMALS; ETORPHINE; FEMALE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NORWAY; RUMINANTS; XYLAZINE;

EID: 79959551859     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-53-42     Document Type: Article

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