Felids

Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 443-457

  Gunkel, Cornelia Conny ^a   Lafortune, Maud ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Houston Zoo Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Felids; Ketamine ketamine; Manual restraint; Physical restraint; Remote darting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889390285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470376478.ch39     Document Type: Chapter

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