EFFECT OF ANAESTHETIC PROTOCOLS ON DAM IN CANINE EMERGENCY C-SECTION

Abstract

The study was conducted to compare the effect of two anaesthetic protocols on physiological, clinical and haematological parameters of dam undergoing emergency Caesarean section (C-section) in dogs. Group I (n=6) received Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA) of propofol and Group II (n=6), a combination of propofol-isoflurane, which is commonly used in canine C-sections. The clinical parameters such as induction time, duration of surgical anaesthesia and total surgery time were similar in both the groups. Induction was rapid and recovery was smooth and early in both the groups; muscle relaxation was less with TIVA propofol compared to propofol-isoflurane. Haematological parameters were recorded before and after anaesthesia. Changes such as decrease in total leucocyte count, total erythrocyte count, haemoglobin concentration, granulocyte count and volume of packed red cells and increase in monocyte count were noticed after surgery in both the groups. The physiological parameters had slight variation but were within normal ranges during anaesthesia. It is concluded that the TIVA of propofol can be used as an alternative to the propofol -isoflurane anaesthesia combination in canine emergency C-section.

Keywords

• iva propofol
• propofol-isoflurane
• canine c-section