KATHIRVEL S.VIGNESHWARAN S.TANUVASKUMARESAN, A.VIJAYAKUMAR, G.SRINIVASAN, P.2024-01-022024-01-022021https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810205338The study was conducted on thirty six medium sized geriatric dogs. A total of 1610 dogs were screened for the selection and out of it 36 animals were selected for this study. The animals were divided into two categories viz., category IC (Cardiac) and category IIR (Renal) comprising of 18 animals each based on the cardiac and renal status. The category IC and IIR animals were further divided into three groups viz., ICK, ICP, ICE, IIRK, IIRP and IIRE and accordingly ketamine (K), propofol (P) and etomidate (E) were used for induction of anaesthesia. The demographic data of the selected animals revealed non-descript breed contributed major portion than the other breeds. The incidence of geriatric affections were high in males having cardiac aliments in group I animals and in females having renal affections in group II animals. The body weight of the selected animals was found between 20 to 27 kg regardless of cardiac and renal category. Higher incidence of surgical ailments was found in male dogs. The age of the selected animals in this study was above 11 years in both the cardiac and renal category.EnglishThesis