Effects of xylazine hydrochloride on hormonal, metabolic, and cardiorespiratory stress responses to lateral recumbency and claw trimming in dairy cows

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 240, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1223-1230

  Rizk, Awad ^a,b   Herdtweck, Sarah ^a   Meyer, Henning ^a   Offinger, Jennifer ^a   Zaghloul, Adel ^b   Rehage, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; OXYGEN; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CATTLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOOF AND CLAW; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATTLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOOF AND CLAW; OXYGEN; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION; XYLAZINE;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 84860691228     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.240.10.1223     Document Type: Article

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