Actions and pharmacokinetic properties of the α2-adrenergic agents, medetomidine and atipamezole, in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-22

  Horsberg, T E ^a   Burka, J F ^b   Tasker, R A R ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

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EID: 84926246934     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.1999.tb00179.x     Document Type: Article

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