Original scientific paper

Evaluation of experimental subarachnoid analgesia with a combination of detomidine and ropivacaine for fl ank analgesia in cows.

Ozgur Aksoy ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Isa Ozaydin ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Ali H. Kirmizigul ; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Engin Kilic ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Savas Ozturk ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Basak Kurt orcid.org/0000-0002-4923-5682 ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Sadık Yayla ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Mahmut Sozmen ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey
Emine Atakisi ; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of subarachnoid application of a low dose of detomidine combined with a low-dose of ropivacaine for flank analgesia in cows. Fifteen non pregnant adult cows of the Swiss Brown breed, weighing an average of 350 kg, were used. After applying local anaesthesia to the subcutaneous tissues in the area where the catheter was to be administered, a Tuohy needle was inserted into the subarachnoid space at the T13-L1 or L1-L2 region and a combination of detomidine (0.015 mg/kg)- ropivacaine (0.02 mg/kg) HCl was administered at a speed of 0.5 mL/min with a spinal catheter. Flank analgesia started within 1 min after the anaesthetic combinations was injected, the effective duration of the anaesthesia was 104 min on average and the anaesthesia had spread to the T12 and the L5 level. No statistically significant difference was found with regard to cardiopulmonary, haematological or haemodynamic parameters as measured before and during anaesthesia. A relatively small amount of detomidine HCl and ropivacaine HCl is sufficient to achieve safe and rapid analgesia in the left flank.

Keywords

subarachnoid analgesia; detomidine; ropivacaine; cattle

Hrčak ID:

86309

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/86309

Publication date:

11.9.2012.

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