Immobilization of polar bears with carfentanil

J Wildl Dis. 1983 Apr;19(2):140-4. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-19.2.140.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Body Temperature / drug effects
  • Carnivora* / physiology
  • Central Nervous System Depressants / administration & dosage*
  • Central Nervous System Depressants / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Fentanyl / administration & dosage
  • Fentanyl / analogs & derivatives*
  • Fentanyl / pharmacology
  • Heart Rate / drug effects
  • Immobilization*
  • Injections, Intramuscular / veterinary
  • Male
  • Rectum
  • Respiration / drug effects
  • Ursidae* / physiology

Substances

  • Central Nervous System Depressants
  • carfentanil
  • Fentanyl