Comparison of alfaxalone-medetomidine and tiletamine-zolazepam in rescued common palm civets (Paradoxurus musangus)

Autor: Ali Anwar, Ahmad, Norsham Abd, Wahab, Clara Wenjing, Yeo, Serena Jocelyn Wai Yin, Oh, Hui Cheng, Chen
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
ISSN: 1347-7439
Popis: Forty rescued common palm civets were anesthetized. Twenty animals received intramuscular injections of alfaxalone 5 mg/kg and medetomidine 0.05 mg/kg (A-M group), whereas twenty animals received 5 mg/kg of tiletamine and zolazepam (T-Z group). The A-M group was reversed with atipamazole 0.25 mg/kg. There were no significant differences in the time from anesthetic injection to induction and intubation between the A-M and T-Z groups. The time from the injection of reversal in the A-M group and the time from cessation of isoflurane in the T-Z group to extubation, first response to recovery and ambulation were longer (P
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