Anesthesia of the giant amazon river turtle Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812 -Testudines, Podocnemididae), with combination of ketamine and propofol
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https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v5n19.1120Keywords:
anesthesia, Podocnemis expansa, reptile, ketamine, propofolAbstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of the combination of the ketamine and the propofol anesthetics in Podocnemis expansa (giant amazon river turtle). Were used 20 turtle, which were divided into two groups of ten animals each. The first group received ketamine 20mg/kg/IM and propofol 10mg/kg/IV and the second group received ketamine 60mg/kg/IM and propofol 10mg/kg/IV. The animals were weighed and identified. The cardiac frequency of each animal was monitored before running the anesthesia and at 10, 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after administration of anesthetics. The applications of anesthetics occurred in the left forelimb (ketamine) and in the cervical vertebral sinus (propofol). Was assessed the degree of movement, muscle relaxation, ease of handling and response to painful stimulus in the thoracic limbs and pelvic, after administration of anesthetics. All animals entered in the surgical anesthesia plan before one minute after application of the anesthetic and remained in this condition by 180 minutes during the turtle’s evaluation
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Copyright (c) 2011 André Luiz Quagliatto Santos, Lívia Monteiro Magalhães, Cirilo Antônio de Paula Lima, Liliane Rangel Nascimento, Lorena Tannús Menezes, Árthur Paulino Sanzo Kaminishi, José Roberto Ferreira Alves Júnior, Raul Henderson Avila Junior
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