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Xylazine-ketamine anaesthesia in snakes (Naja naja) and its reversal with atipamezole

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Title Xylazine-ketamine anaesthesia in snakes (Naja naja) and its reversal with atipamezole
 
Creator Pratap, K
Amarpal, Amarpal
Kinjavdekar, P
Aithal, H P
Pawde, A M
 
Subject Anaesthesia; Atipamezole; Ketamine; Snake; Xylazine
 
Description Five venomous snakes (Naja naja ) were anaesthetized by a combination of ketamine (40 mglkg body weight) and xylazine (OAmg/kg) given intramuscularly. The onset ofanaesthesia, duration, depth and recovery period were recorded up to 120 h. The anaesthetic effect ranged from tranquilization to deep surgical anaesthesia. The combination ofketamine and xylazine was found safe, non-toxic with no clinical side effects except the prolonged recovery (40-90 h), which was shortened to 4 h by injecting atipamezole @4 mg/kg body weight intramuscularly. 
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2011-02-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/4234
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 76, No 8 (2006)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/4234/1653
 
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