Lumbosacral Epidural Analgesia Induced By6 Xylazine Katamine And Their Combination In Goats A Comparative Study
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2000
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
Abstract
.Xylazine @ 0.10 mg/kg, Ketamine @ 8 mg/kg and their combination @ 0.05 mg/kg + 6 mg/kg produced moderate analgesia and satisfactory sedation permitting surgery of short duration.
(2) The combination @0.10 mg/kg + 8 mg/kg of Xylazine and Ketamine respectively, induced excellent analgesia, deep. sedation and optimum muscle relaxation for a longer period facilitating surgery of varying magnitude and longer duration in the posterior thoracic region.
(3) The other five dose schedules (0.02 mg/kg, 0.05 mg/kg of Xylazine, 4 mg/kg, 6 mg/kg of Ketmine and 0.02 mg/kg + 4 mg/kg of combination were not found satisfactory due to one or the other shortcomings, viz., lack of sedation, very mild analgesia, inadequate muscle relaxation etc.
(4) Dose dependent hyperglycaemia was a consistent feature following epidural administration of the anaesthetic agents. alone or in combination. This was transient in nature as there was evidence of normalisation by 24 hours.