title: Inhaled anesthetics in horses.
abstract: Inhaled agents represent an important and useful class of drugs for equine anesthesia. This article reviews the ether-type anesthetics in contemporary use, their uptake and elimination, their mechanisms of action, and their desirable and undesirable effects in horses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. rjbrosnan@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brosnan
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation