This case report describes events that occurred under general anaesthesia of a dog undergoing transvenous pacemaker implantation for third-degree atrioventricular block. Following premedication with acepromazine and buprenorphine, was induced alfaxalone, maintained isoflurane in oxygen. The developed severe hypotension during the procedure concurrent bradycardia before commencement pacing. In o...

A partial intravenous protocol was used successfully to maintain anaesthesia in 5 healthy horses. Horses were premedicated with acepromazine, romifidine and butorphanol, induced with guaifenesin and ketamine and maintained on a constant rate infusion of lidocaine, ketamine and medetomidine together with halothane inhalation anaesthesia. Mean end-tidal halothane concentration to maintain a surgi...

This study examined the differences in the capture stress response between captive and freeranging roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and its modulation by acepromazine over a threehour period following the capture operation. We captured 32 roe deer (16 free-ranging and 16 captive) using drive-nets. These two groups were further divided into two sub-groups: animals in the treatment group received a...

Seizures or convulsions that occur during anaesthesia in veterinary patients are infrequently reported in the literature. Consequently, the incidence of such events is unknown. Several drugs commonly used in clinical veterinary anaesthesia have been shown to induce epileptiform activity in both human clinical patients and experimental candidates. The present case report describes convulsions in...

The objective of this study was to evaluate several drug combinations for intraperitoneal anaesthesia in laboratory rats. Following dose determination of anaesthetics in a pilot study, 45 healthy adult male rats were randomly assigned in 9 treatment groups and received propofol (alone or in combination with xylazine, midazolam, or ketamine) or ketamine (in combination with xylazine, midazolam, ...

BACKGROUND Blood pressure is relevant to the diagnosis and management of many medical, cardiovascular and critical diseases. The accuracy of many commonly used noninvasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitors and the accuracy of NIBP measurements in hypo- and hypertensive standing horses has not been determined. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to investigate the accuracy of an...