Vigneshwaran, S.Ramesh, V.Sivakumar, K.Chinnamani, K.TANUVAS2018-05-232018-05-232018-05http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810047313TNV_IVJ_2018_95(5)61-63A three month old male Large White Yorkshire piglet weighing about 15 kg found with progressive swelling on the ventral part of abdomen near umbilical region with poor feed intake and reduced growth rate. On clinical examination the swelling was reducible and non – painful. Hernial ring was palpable after reduction of hernial contents. Surgical correction of hernia was done as per standard surgical procedure. Absence of nociception re ex and no movement of animal with adequate relaxation of muscles revealed that the anaesthetic protocol was suitable for the surgical procedure followed. It was concluded that xylazine at the dose rate of 1mg / kg body weight and ketamine at the dose rate of 5 mg/kg body weight in piglets found suitable anaesthetic protocol and hernial repair during early age had more successive rate in pigs.enVeterinary ScienceArticle