Wildlife Terms
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| Acute | Intense condition of short duration
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| Acidosis | Accumulation of acid, lethal
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| Agonist | Drug which initiates action
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| Alpha 2 Receptors | receptors in the brain which sedatives act on to cause depression
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| Analgesia | loss of sensitivity to pain
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| Anaesthetising drug | chemical which causes loss of sedation
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| Antagonist | drug which reverses the action of a drug
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| apnea | absence of spontaneous breathing
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| arrhythmia | irregular heartbeat
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| aspiration | taking fluid or foreign material into the air way
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| ataxia | failure of muscle coordination
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| Bradycardia | excessively slow heartrate
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| capture myopathy | muscle damage resulting from anaerobic muscle
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| catatonia/cataleptic | seizure; position of the animal characterised by rigidity and stiffness
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| Dorsal | towards the back
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| hyperesthesia | excessive sensitivity to touch
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| hypertension | elevated blood pressure
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| hypoxia | reduced oxygen in tissue
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| Induction | time for drug to take effect
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| Lateral | side of the body
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| Medial | midline of the body
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| narcotic | federally regulated drug that causes addiction
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| Palpebral reflex | involuntary reflex around the eye used to determine level of sedation
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| Paralysis | loss of voluntary motion
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| sedation | depression of the central nervous system
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| subcutaneous | beneath the skin
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| synergistic | joint action of two drugs where the combined effect is greater than the sum of there individual effects.
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| Tachycardia | rapid heartrate
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| Therapeutic index | distance between effective and lethal dose
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| tranquillising drug | a drug that induces a state of mental calming
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| ventral | situated towards or on the belly surface
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| Sedatives | Tranquilizer; used to calm
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| Immobilize | drug used to capture
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| Analgesia | drug used to cause loss of pain
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| Anesthesia | drugs that cause loss of consciousness
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