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A technique to anesthetize turtles with ether.

A A Belló·A Belló-Klein
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A technique to anesthetize turtles with ether is presented, in which a plastic cannula is passed through the glottis into the trachea. This procedure avoids apnea and allows ether vapours obtained from a chamber to be introduced, by the animal respiratory movements or by means of a pump, into the animal lungs. The anesthesia is rapidly obtained and lasts from 45-90 minutes. The time of recovery from anesthesia ranged from 60-90 minutes. With this technique no deaths were observed and the same animal could be anesthetized repeatedly.

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Anesthesia, EndotrachealAnesthesia, InhalationAnimalsBehavior, AnimalEtherTurtlesJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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A A Belló, A Belló-Klein. 1991. A technique to anesthetize turtles with ether.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9384(91)90028-m

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