Anesthesia

Rodríguez-Trujillo, R., Batista-Arteaga, M., Iusupova, K. et al. 2024. Comparison of propofol and alfaxalone as anesthesic drugs in bitches undergoing ovariohysterectomies (healthy bitches and with pyometra) and cesarean sections. Animals 14(9), 1343

This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of two anesthetic agents, alfaxalone and propofol, on maternal physiological parameters (heart and respiratory rates, blood pressure, and temperature) on either ovariohysterectomies or cesarean sections in bitches. A...

Lindh, E., Meller, A., Raekallio, M. 2024. Effects of vatinoxan in rats sedated with a combination of medetomidine, midazolam and fentanyl. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 66(1), 23.

Alpha2-adrenoceptor agonists (α2-agonists) are widely used in animals as sedatives and for pre-anaesthetic medication. Medetomidine has often been given subcutaneously (SC) to rats, although its absorption rate is slow and the individual variation in serum...

Le-Bert, C. R., Bukoski, A., Downs, J. et al. 2024. Apneustic anesthesia ventilation improves pulmonary function in anesthetized bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Frontiers in Veterinary Science 11.

Our study suggests AAV, which more closely resembles the conscious intermittent respiratory pattern phenotype of dolphins, improves ventilation and pulmonary function in the anesthetized dolphin. Future studies should evaluate the cardiopulmonary effects of neutral buoyancy...

Di Franco, C., Nocera, I., Melanie, P. et al. 2024. Evaluation of the quality of recovery from general anesthesia in dogs with two different low doses of dexmedetomidine. Animals 14(9), 1383.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of recovery from general anesthesia with the administration of two low doses of dexmedetomidine in canine patients. For this blind randomized clinical trial study, 30...

Chang, L.-J., Weng, H.-Y., Lien, C.-Y. et al. 2024. Retrospective comparison of the anesthetic effects of tiletamine–zolazepam with dexmedetomidine and ketamine with dexmedetomidine in captive Formosan serow (Capricornis swinhoei). Animals 14(10), 14

Formosan serows are endemic to the mountainous regions of Taiwan. This crossover study aimed to assess and compare the anesthetic induction and recovery using either dexmedetomidine–tiletamine–zolazepam (DZ) or dexmedetomidine–ketamine (DK) by intramuscular injection from a...

Vercellini, M. C., Rearte, R., di Cesare, L. et al. 2024. Eugenol as anesthetic for Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae). Laboratory Animals 58(1), 44–51.

Anesthetics are commonly used in fish for surgery and to facilitate capture, handling and transport in aquaculture and experimental procedures. In research, the selection of the anesthetic depends on its properties and on the recovery...

Reid, C. H., LaRochelle, L., Madden, J. C. et al. 2024. Relative effects of electro-immobilisation and chemical anaesthesia on in situ post-release behaviour and reproductive success in nesting smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu).

In fisheries science, chemical anaesthesia and electrical immobilisation are often studied in laboratory or aquaculture settings with little focus on post-release behaviours of fish in the wild. We used nest-guarding smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) as...

Lum, A. M., Keller, K. A. 2024. Anesthesia and humane euthanasia methods for king worm larvae (Zophobas morio). Zoo Biology 43(2), 164–168.

A growing spotlight on insect welfare as research subjects, fodder for vertebrate animals, and patients for veterinarians highlights the need to establish humane euthanasia methods for these species. An insect of increasing commercial importance is...

Eliav, A., Ofri, R., Brust, K. et al. 2024. Improving rat welfare through the development of a peribulbar anaesthesia technique for ophthalmic procedures: A preliminary study. Laboratory Animals 58(2), 116–126.

Rats are a commonly used animal model for the study of the pathogenesis and novel treatments of glaucoma, which is induced experimentally using invasive, painful procedures. Peribulbar anaesthesia (PBA) is frequently used in people and...

Cuttance, E. L., Mason, W. A., McDermott, J. et al. 2024. Comparison of three anaesthetic options to reduce acute pain response in kid goats. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 27(3), 465–476.

Three options for anesthetizing the skin around the horn bud of dairy goat kids were explored. Forty-five

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