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Butorphanol

This is a drug monograph from the BSAVA Small Animal Formulary Part B: Exotic Pets. BSAVA members should login for access to the full monograph. Non-members can join BSAVA, buy a Formulary subscription, or buy the printed edition.
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  4. d Koeller CA (2009)Comparison of buprenorphine and butorphanol analgesia in the eastern red-spotted newt ( Notophthalmus viridescens ). Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science 48( 2 ),171175
  5. e Terril-Robb L ,Suckow M andGrigdesby C (1996)Evaluation of the analgesic effects of butorphanol tartarate, xylazine hydrochloride and flunixin meglumine in leopard frogs ( Rana pipiens ). Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 35,5456
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  8. Smith S (2019) Pain in Birds. In:  BSAVA Guide to Pain Management in Small Animal Practice,  ed. I Self, pp. 174–181. BSAVA Publications, Gloucester
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