Segmental Lumbar Epidural Analgesia Induced by Xylazine and Xylazine/Lidocaine in Dorsally Recumbent Cows.

Clinical assessment of epidural analgesia induced by xylazine-lidocaine combination accompanied by xylazine sedation in calves

: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether epidural administration of a xylazine-lidocaine combination accompanied by xylazine sedation would provide satisfactory analgesia for some surgical procedures on 10 calves admitted to the Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Kafkas with perineal urolithiasis (n:2), rectovaginal fistula (n:1), atresia ani (n:2), omphalophlebiti...

Bacterial Sacroiliitis Probably Induced by Lumbar Epidural Analgesia

BACKGROUND Properly administered, lumbar epidural analgesia provides adequate pain relief during labor and delivery, and is considered to be a safe procedure with limited complications. The prevalence of infection after lumbar epidural analgesia is negligible. INTRODUCTION Infection of the sacroiliac joint, although very close to the pucture area, has never been reported as a procedure compli...

Comparison of Lidocaine, Xylazine, and a Combination of Lidocaine and Xylazine for Caudal Epidural Analgesia in Dromedary Camels

Objective- This study was performed to investigate the analgesic effects of lidocaine, xylazine and lidocaine/xylazine combination in epidural anesthesia in dromedary camels. Design- Experimental Study Animals- Fifteen healthy immature dromedary camels Methods- The camels were randomly designed in 3 equal groups. In group L: lidocaine 2% (0.22 mg/kg), in group X: xylazine 2% (0.17 mg/kg), an...

Preliminary comparison of lidocaine and xylazine as caudal epidural anesthesia for embryo collection in cows

Epidural analgesia with Xylazine/ Novocain mixture in local Iraqi goats

The present trail has been designed to investigate the effect of the Xylazine/Novocain mixture in producing effective safety analgesia by caudal epidural injection in goats. Caudal epidural injection of Xylazine HCL 2 % (0.01mg/kg BW), Novocain 2% (3.5mg/kg BW) and mixture of Xylazine / Novocain (0.01 mg/kg BW, 3.5mg/kg BW), respectively have been injected at 2% concentration for each solution....