Analgesia and anaesthesia in reptiles - a review

Authors: Doneley B
Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conferences, Volume 2014 AVA Annual Conference, Perth, Issue Unusual Pets and Avian / Conservation Biology, May 2014
Publisher: Australian Veterinary Association

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Abstract: Best practice in modern veterinary medicine requires that suitable analgesia be provided to patients experiencing or likely to experience, pain. It also requires that anaesthesia be utilised for surgical procedures or where restraint is needed without handling e.g. radiography. Just because the patient is a reptile does not lessen the need for the employment of best practices.

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