1Veterinary Officer, Govt of Uttar Pradesh
2Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
3Professor, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Pashu-Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura-281 001 (UP)
*Corresponding author: E-mail: vickeyvet@gmail.com
Online published on 18 December, 2012.
The study was conducted in 24 selected clinical cases of dogs of either sex and of different breeds, which were divided into three groups viz. A, B and C. All the animals were first administered with atropine sulphate (0.04 mg/kg, i.m.). xylazine (0.5 mg/kg, i.m.) in A group, midazolam (0.5 mg/kg, i.m.) in B group, and xylazine (0.25 mg/kg, i.m.) + midazolam (0.25 mg/kg, i.m.) combination in C group were used as preanaesthetics. Anaesthesia was induced with 1% propofol (i.v., to effect) and maintained with halothane in 100% oxygen in all groups of the animals. Different clinico-physiological, cardiorespiratory and haemodynamic parameters were recorded. On the basis of results, xylazine-midazolam combination was found more suitable preanaesthetic combination than xylazine or midazolam alone for propofol-halothane anaesthesia in dogs.
Anaesthesia, Dogs, Halothane, Midazolam, Propofol, Xylazine
