chloralose
Sign in to saveChloralose (also known as α-chloralose) is an avicide, and a rodenticide used to kill mice in temperatures below 15 °C. It is also widely used in neuroscience and veterinary medicine as an anesthetic and sedative. Either alone or in combination, such as with urethane, it is used for long-lasting, but light anesthesia. It has been used with oral administration to sedate wild Canada geese for translocation in Nevada.
Research
5,580 papers- The pharmacology of chloralose. A review.Psychopharmacologia · 1964
- [Alpha-chloralose].Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde · 1992
- Alpha-chloralose as a canine anesthetic.Laboratory animal science · 1987
- Pharmacology and toxicology of alpha chloralose: a review.The Veterinary record · 1972
- A review of laboratory animal anesthesia with chloral hydrate and chloralose.Laboratory animal science · 1993
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Chloralose (also known as α-chloralose) is an avicide, and a rodenticide used to kill mice in temperatures below 15 °C. It is also widely used in neuroscience and veterinary medicine as an anesthetic and sedative. Either alone or in combination, such as with urethane, it is used for long-lasting, but light anesthesia. It has been used with oral administration to sedate wild Canada geese for translocation in Nevada.
Chemically, it is a chlorinated acetal derivative of glucose.
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