1Veterinary Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, UP University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah
2Professor and Head, Department of Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
*Corresponding author; E-mail: amita.vet@gmail.com
Online published on 19 February, 2019.
Twenty four clinical cases of dogs having history of accidents irrespective of their age and sex were included in the study. Internal bleeding was diagnosed using ultrasonography and laparoscopy. The animals were divided randomly into 2 groups, viz. A and B, comprising 12 each. The animals were subjected to surgical intervention for the management of trauma with the anaesthetic protocol of atropine sulphate (0.04 mg/kg b.wt i.m.) and diazepam (1 mg/kg b.wt i.m.) (as premedication), and induction with thiopental sodium (10–12 mg/kg b.wt i.v.) followed by maintenance with either sevoflurane (3–3.5%) in group A or isoflurane (2–2.5%) in group B. The efficacy of anaesthetic combinations was determined by observing clinicophysiological parameters viz. onset and duration of anaesthesia, recovery time, pedal reflex, palpebral reflex, pharyngeal reflex, extent of salivation, heart rate, respiratory rate, respiratory minute volume and rectal temperature. On the basis of the observations, it was concluded that both combinations and provided cardiac and respiratory stability.
Dogs, Isoflurane, Sevoflurane
