Studies on different balanced anaesthetic combinations for buffaloes undergoing diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy
Abstract
The study was conducted on forty buffaloes suffering from diaphragmatic hernia reported to
the Veterinary Clinical Complex, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar.
Animals were randomly divided into eight groups having five animals each. After pre-anaesthetic
medication with glycopyrrolate, and dexmedetomidine/xylazine (Four groups for each drug out of eight
groups), each animal was restrained in lateral recumbency for induction of anaesthesia. Before
induction, pentazocine was given intravenously. Propofol/etomidate was used as induction agent in four
groups of each including two groups of Glycopyrrolate-Xylazine and two groups of glycopyrrolatedexmedomidine as anticholinergic and sedative drugs respectively and sevoflurane/ isoflurane as
maintenance anaesthetic agents. Scores for premedication, induction, maintenance and recovery were
good while scores for sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxation were fair in all the groups without any
significance difference between them. No significant change was recorded in rectal temperature, heart
rate and respiration and non-invasive blood pressure during the entire period of anaesthesia within all
the groups. Significant difference was observed in the group GDPES from rest all groups at the time
interval before rumenotomy, before drug administration and at 30 minutes of inhalation with the values
361.6 ± 131.26, 438.4 ± 94.39 and 418.2 ± 80.71, respectively (x103
/mm3
) and also in hematocrit
valuve before rumenotomy. No siginificance was observed in any biochemical parmeters was observed
in any group. However, when compared between groups siginificance was observed in values of LDH,
ALP, GGT, Triglycerides, Cholestrol, Calcium, Phosphorus, Total protein, Albumin, Sodium, Chloride
and Cortisol at different time interval of study. All the anaesthetic combinations were found effective as
well as safe for buffaloes undergoing diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy.
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