A Review of Analgesic Compounds Used in Food Animals in the United States

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-28

  Coetzee, Johann F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Agonists; Gabapentin; Local anesthetics; N Methyl d aspartate receptor antagonists; Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs); Opioids

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PAIN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AMINES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEAT; OFF-LABEL USE; PAIN; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874285051     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2012.11.008     Document Type: Review

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