Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Jan 1995)

COMPARISON OF KETAMINE AND KETAMINE-XYLAZINE COMBINATION ANAESTHESIA IN THE WIID CANINES UNDER CAPTIVITY

  • R. Thiruthalinathan,
  • D. Swaminathan,
  • N. Panneer Selvam

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 1
pp. 44 – 46

Abstract

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The effects of either ketamine or a combination of ketamine and xylazine intramuscularly on sedation, analgesia and muscle relaxations were studied in the captive wild canines. T he mixture of ketamine and xylazine was superior to ketamine alone as the combination produced in Wild canine, smooth, better analgesia, muscle relaxation and shorter recovery.