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Use of butorphanol and diprenorphine to counter respiratory impairment in the immobilised white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Opioid-induced immobilisation results in severe respiratory impairment in the white rhinoceros. It has therefore been attempted in the field to reverse this impairment with the use of opioid agonist-antagonists, such as nalorphine, nalbuphine, butorphanol and diprenorphine; however, the efficacy of...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Leith C.R., Fuller, Andrea, Hofmeyr, Markus, Buss, Peter, Miller, Michele, Haw, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6244275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456980
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v89i0.1683