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Selected References on Anesthesia, Analgesia, and Tranquilization in Laboratory Animals

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  3. Green CJ, et al. Ketamine alone and combined with diazepam or xylazine in laboratory animals: a ten year experience. Laboratory Animals, 15:163-170, 1981.
  4. Flecknell, PA. Post-operative analgesia in rabbits and rodents. Lab Animal, 20(9): 34-37, 1991.
  5. Jenkins, WL. Pharmacologic aspects of analgesic drugs in animals: an overview. JAVMA, 191(10):1231-1240.
  6. The use of oxymorphone in veterinary medicine: proceedings of a roundtable. Veterinary Learning Systems Co., Inc., 1987.
  7. Hughes HC. Anesthesia of laboratory animals. Lab Animal, 10(5): 40-56, 1981.
  8. Rosenberg DP. Nonhuman primate analgesia. Lab Animal, 20(9):22-32, 1991.
  9. Lumb WV and Jones EW. 1984. Veterinary anesthesia. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, PA.
  10. Plumb DC. Veterinary drug handbook. PharmaVet Publishing, White Bear Lake, MN. 1991.
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  12. Flecknell PA. Laboratory animal anesthesia. Academic Press, NY, 1987.
  13. Harkness JE and Wagner JE. 1989. The biology and medicine of rabbits and rodents. Lea & Febiger. Philadelphia, PA.
  14. Current Veterinary Service Center recommendation based on clinical experience.
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  17. Smith AC and Swindle, M.M. Laboratory animal anesthesia, analgesia and surgery. Scientists Center for Animal Welfare, Greenbelt, MA, 1994.
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  20. Smith JM and Stump KC. Isoflurane anesthesia in the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis). Contemp Topics Lab Anim Sci 39(6):39-42, 2000.
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  22. Swindle, M.M. Swine in the Laboratory. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. 2007.

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