1MVSc Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, MHOW-453 446, (MP)
2Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, MHOW-453 446, (MP)
Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Sciences University, Jabalpur, (MP)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: shukla_b@ymail.com
Online published on 17 December, 2015.
The study was undertaken to compare the epidural analgesia induced by bupivacaine and ropivacaine in dogs. Six apparently healthy dogs of either sex weighing between 10 and 15 kg were subjected to two treatments with an interval of 8 days. In treatment I bupivacaine HCl 2 mg/kg b.wt and in treatment II, ropivacaine HCl 0.5%, 0.22 mg/kg b.wt were administered in the lumbosacral lspace. The clinical and haemato-biochemical parameters were evaluated at different time intervals. The onset of analgesia was similar in both groups. The respiratory rate decreased significantly, while pulse and heart rate increased significantly in treatment I, but they did not vary in treatment II. Hb, PCV and TEC did not change significantly, but glucose, ALP, ALT, bilirubin, increased significantly in treatment I whereas BUN and creatinine increased significantly in both groups. Results revealed that ropivacaine is safer than bupivacaine for epidural analgesia in dogs.
Bupivacaine, Dogs, Epidural Analgesia, Ropivacaine
