AVALIAÇÃO COMPORTAMENTAL DA ANESTESIA POR ISOFLUORANO E INFUSÃO CONTÍNUA DE XILAZINA E MEDETOMIDINA EM EQUINOS

• Published in: Ciência animal brasileira Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 506 - 513
• Main Authors: Doria, Renata Gebara S., Valadão, Carlos Augusto A., Canola, Paulo Aléscio, Guirro, Érica Cristina Bueno do Prado, Mendes, Marina Ceccato, Escobar, Andre, Ribeiro, Gesiane, Natalini, Cláudio Corrêa, Freitas, Silvio Henrique de
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Goiás 29-09-2011
• Subjects: egg quality; glutamine; intestinal morphology; thermal stress
• ISSN: 1518-2797; 1809-6891; 1089-6891
• DOI: 10.5216/cab.v12i3.2430

The association of an α-2 agonist to an anesthetic protocol leads to deep sedation, muscle relaxation and potent analgesia, reducing the quantity of other anesthetic agents to reach the ideal anesthetic plan to the surgical procedure. This study evaluated comparatively the tranquilization, induction and recovery quality of the isofluoraneanesthesia and xylazine and medetomidine continuous infusion in 16 horses. It was possible to conclude that, in this specie, the medetomidine protocol warrants wider muscle relaxation, better quality of anesthetic induction and recovery, even though it presents the same tranquilization quality of the xylazine protocol.