1PhD Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
2Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
3Ex-Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology
4Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Physiology;
5Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Pathology;
6Associate professor, Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar-751 003, Odisha
*Corresponding author; E-mail: indravet@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 19 February, 2019.
The study was conducted in 12 female dogs divided in two groups for assessment of analgesia using meloxicam or ketoprofen along with atropine-dexmedetomidine-butorphanol-midazolam as premedicants to ketamine anaesthesia in elective ovariohysterectomy. The analgesics were started preoperatively and repeated daily up to 48 hr postoperatively. The pain assessment was made by adopting “The University of Melbourne Pain Scale” (UMPS) preoperatively and at 2, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 hr postoperatively. In both groups, the pain score values increased markedly up to 24 hr, then gradually decreased towards the baseline. The values in both groups were significantly (P<0.05) higher continuously from 2 hr to 48 hr postoperatively and at the last observation period the values in both groups were non-significantly higher than the baseline values. Between the groups, the values did not differ significantly (P>0.05) at any time interval. Both meloxicam and ketoprofen provided satisfactory and equivalent analgesia following ovariohysterectomy in dogs.
Dogs, Ketoprofen, Meloxicam, Ovariohysterectomy, Pain score, UMPS
