Christina JOHN, Med Ram VERMA, Sherin B. SARANGOM, Pallvi SHARMA, Chelladurai SOWBHARENYA, Aswathy GOPINATHAN, Kiranjeet SINGH

A preliminary study on effects of subanesthetic doses of preemptive ketamine given prior to premedication on total intravenous anesthesia for short- to medium-term surgical procedures in horses

This study was conducted to determine the effects of subanesthetic doses of ketamine given prior to premedication on thequality of anesthesia, recovery, and postoperative pain in horses. Eighteen horses were randomly recruited into three equal groups, S,LK, and HK, wherein saline, ketamine at 0.2 mg/kg body weight (bwt), and ketamine at 0.4 mg/kg bwt were given, respectively, i.v. for 30min as a continuous rate infusion (CRI). Horses were premedicated with xylazine at 1 mg/kg bwt i.v. and butorphanol at 0.05 mg/kg bwti.v. after 30 min. Anesthesia was induced using ketamine and midazolam and was maintained with ketamine at 2 mg/kg/h as CRI, andbolus doses of thiopental 5% solution was given i.v. whenever necessary. Preemptive ketamine infusion clinically enhanced the qualityof sedation and enabled smooth induction with significantly (P < 0.05) higher sedation and postinfusion ataxia and shorter down-time(P < 0.05) in group HK. Physiological, hematological, serological, and vital parameters remained within normal limits. All the horsesrecovered well without any adverse effects and stood in less than 2 h after surgery. Fluctuation in pain scores at 1 h and 2 h after the endof surgery was minimum in group HK.

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