The J.M. Smucker Company has initiated a recall of certain canned dog food products from its Gravy Train, Kibbles «N Bits, Ol' Roy, and Skippy brands due to the potential
for pentobarbital contamination.
n = 8 mice (7 — 8 trials per tastant) for urethane, 7 mice (6 — 7 trials per tastants)
for pentobarbital.
Not exact matches
Oklahoma's Department of Corrections (DOC) spokesman Jerry Massie says that they obtained
pentobarbital from «a private pharmacist» who is being kept anonymous
for fear that he will be a target
for attacks.
Some mice were anesthetized with sodium
pentobarbital, a common anesthetic used
for taste nerve recording (Horio et al., 2011) and used in a recent study on the possible role of 5 - HT1 and 5 - HT3 in taste function (Jaber et al., 2014).
For experiments testing effects of
pentobarbital on the ganglion cells, nembutal sodium solution (
pentobarbital sodium; Oak Pharmaceuticals) was added to HEPES buffer at a final concentration of 150 or 800 μm.
For the anesthetic doses used in our experiments, plasma and tissue concentrations of intraperitoneally injected pentobarbital in mice are likely to be at or above the reported IC50 values for 5 - HT3 receptors (Nelson and Halberg, 197
For the anesthetic doses used in our experiments, plasma and tissue concentrations of intraperitoneally injected
pentobarbital in mice are likely to be at or above the reported IC50 values
for 5 - HT3 receptors (Nelson and Halberg, 197
for 5 - HT3 receptors (Nelson and Halberg, 1973).
n = 10 cells
for 0 and 800 μm
pentobarbital, n = 5 cells 150 μm
pentobarbital.
Under the proposed legislation lethal injection using sodium
pentobarbital or a derivative, a procedure known as EBI, would be the only allowed method of euthanasia
for animals in North Carolina's public shelters.
They are euthanized by being given an overdose injection of
Pentobarbital, a barbiturate solution which is regularly used to induce unconsciousness
for an operation.
Pentobarbital, a chemical used
for animal euthanasia, was found in «large quantity» in both the stomach contents of the euthanized pug and remnants of the dogs» food.
The ASPCA recommends injections of sodium
pentobarbital for euthanizing shelter animals because it is faster, quicker and safer than carbon monoxide.
Cost is another defense put forth as an excuse
for not switching over to sodium
pentobarbital, but a 2009 study commissioned by the American Humane Association asserts that proper operation of a gas chamber can run almost twice the cost of sodium
pentobarbital.
Also, another substance could be substituted
for sodium
pentobarbital, but it must be regarded as humane and approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
It should always be handled with compassion, respect, skill, and patience with proper sedatives and the use of sodium
pentobarbital, introduced intravenously by a trained professional in a private room specifically designed
for such procedures with no other animals present.
The new law makes sodium
pentobarbital injection, also known as euthanasia by injection (EBI), the state's only approved method of euthanasia
for dogs and cats in shelters.
The National Animal Control Association (NACA) issued the following policy statement in September, 2010: «NACA considers lethal injection of sodium
pentobarbital, administered by competent, trained personnel, to be the only method of choice utilized
for humane euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»
Denatured sodium
pentobarbital and other drugs approved by the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners or the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall be the only drugs used
for the euthanasia of animals in an animal shelter.
Armstrong planned the expedition around a series of two - day workshops
for Taiwanese animal control and shelter personnel, including veterinarians, about how to capture and kill dogs more gently and efficiently, ideally by using sodium
pentobarbital.
Arizona actually mandates one of 3 methods
for euthanasia: sodium
pentobarbital or a derivative of sodium
pentobarbital, nitrogen gas, or T - 61 euthanasia solution or its generic equivalent.
Possession of sodium
pentobarbital, however, was then illegal in Taiwan even
for veterinary use.
«Euthanizing drugs» means «any
pentobarbital - based drug labeled by the manufacturer
for the purpose of euthanizing animals» with some excepted drugs.
Both the AVMA and the National Animal Control Association state that lethal injection by sodium
pentobarbital is the preferred method
for euthanasia.
ASPCA Position The ASPCA recommends the injection of sodium
pentobarbital as the preferred agent
for euthanasia of shelter animals.
The Company will test our pet products
for the presence of
pentobarbital.
MBM was reported as the ingredient most likely to contain the drug used
for euthanasia (sodium
pentobarbital) in a study conducted by the FDA..
The AVMA's new direction is more in line with the National Animal Control Association (NACA) which in September 2010, issued the following policy statement: «NACA considers lethal injection of sodium
pentobarbital, administered by competent, trained personnel, to be the only method of choice utilized
for humane euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»