Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24099/vet.arhiv.0317

The anesthetic effect of propofol or etomidate in geriatric dogs premedicated with butorphanol and diazepam

Shahid Hussain Dar ; Veterinary Clinical Complex, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Ramamurthy Jayaprakash ; Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai, India
Ravi Sundar George ; Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai, India
Shazia Nissar ; Veterinary Clinical Complex, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, SKUAST-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Mohammad Shafiuzamma ; Division of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai, India
Thadavan Arthanari Kannan ; Division of Veterinary Anatomy, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai, India

Abstract

The study was conducted in geriatric dogs to evaluate the anesthetic effect of propofol and etomidate in dogs premedicated with butorphanol and diazepam. Twelve adult dogs (males and females) were used in the study and were randomly divided into two groups viz. group P (propofol) and group E (etomidate) six animals each. The dogs were premedicated with diazepam 0.25 mg/kg and butorphanol 0.2 mg/kg fifteen minutes before induction intravenously and separately. General anesthesia was induced with propofol 2 mg/kg in group P or etomidate 1 mg/kg in group E to effect and drugs were administered rapidly over a period of 45 seconds up to effect. Induction quality, recovery quality, and ataxia scores were recorded for each dog. Cardiopulmonary parameters (respiratory, pulse rates, pulse oximeter, and ECG recordings) were recorded before induction and immediately after intubation and before connection to the inhalant gas machine, using a multi-parameter monitor. The mean ± SE induction doses for the propofol and etomidate groups were 2.2 ± 0.16 and 0.97 ± 0.15 mg/kg respectively. Smooth intubation was observed in the propofol group as compared to the etomidate group, as laryngeal reflex was intact in this group. Physiological parameters (pulse rate, respiratory rate, pulse oximeter, capillary refill time, mucous membrane color, ECG recordings and blood pressure) did not vary significantly between the two groups during the anesthesia. There were more adverse reactions in the etomidate group as compared to the propofol group, but the differences were not significant. Neither of the anesthetics, etomidate and propofol, in dogs premedicated with butorphanol and diazepam, had any major adverse effect on the cardiopulmonary system in the geriatric dogs.

Keywords

cardiopulmonary; pulse oximeter; ECG; premicated; propofol; etomidate; diazepam; butorphanol

Hrčak ID:

232870

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/232870

Publication date:

24.1.2020.

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