1Private Veterinary Practitioner, Dehradun, (Uttarakhand)
2Principal Scientist, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
3PG Scholar, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
4Principal Scientist and Head, Division of Surgery, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar-243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author; E-mail: p.kinjavdekar@rediffmail.com
Online published on 17 December, 2015.
Thirty two clinical cases of urolithiasis in male buffalo calves were divided in four groups A1, A2, B1, and B2, having eight animals each, on the basis of preanaesthetics used. Animals of groups A1 and B1 were premedicated with dexmedetomidine (2.5 μg/kg b.wt, i.v.), while in groups A2 and B2 dexmedetomidine (2.5 μg/kg b.wt, i.v.) and butorphanol (0.05 mg/kg b.wt, i.v.) were used intravenously. Propofol (1%) in groups A1 and A2, and ketamine (1%) in groups B1 and B2 were used for induction and maintenance of anaesthesia with continuous intravenous infusion (CII). Hb, PCV and TLC decreased in all groups. Significant (P<0.05) neutrophilia was recorded in groups A1, A2 and B2 and lymphocytopenia in all groups. A significant (P<0.05) increase in plasma urea nitrogen and plasma glucose was recorded in the animals of all the groups. However, plasma creatinine decreased in all groups with significant (P<0.05) decrease at most of the intervals.
Buffalo calves, Butorphanol, Dexmedetomidine, Ketamine, Propofol
