Optimum Drug Combinations for the Sedation of Growing Boars Prior to Castration
Juvenile male pigs were sedated for castration. Eight five-month old boars were sedated twice (two weeks apart) with a combination of detomidine (0.1 mg/kg), midazolam (0.2 mg/kg) and either butorphanol (0.2 mg/kg) (Group MDB, n = 8) or morphine (0.2 mg/kg) (Group MDM, n = 8) intramuscularly. The bo...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-08-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/7/8/61 |