The effects of two analgesic regimes on behavior after abdominal surgery in Steller sea lions

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-164

  Walker, Kristen A ^a   Horning, Markus ^b   Mellish, Jo Ann E ^c,d   Weary, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Back arch; Behavior; Pain; Sea Lion; Wildlife marking

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARPROFEN; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ALERTNESS; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACK ARCH; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZATION; RECUMBENCY; SEAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STANDING; STELLER SEA LION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBAZOLES; CLONIXIN; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEA LIONS;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 80053568117     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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