Romifidine-ketamine anaesthesia in atropine and triflupromazine pre-medicated buffalo calves.

Abstract

The study was conducted on 10 buffalo calves with a weight of 98.5 +/- 3.9 kg and age 9.7 +/- 1.3 months. Ten trials of two treatments were carried out using a randomized block design. Atropine at the dose of 0.02 mg/kg bodyweight was administered in both the groups. The animals of group I received romifidine at the dose of 10 microg/kg i.v., 10 min after atropine administration, whereas, animals of group II received triflupromazine at the dose of 0.3 mg/kg i.m. and 10 min later romifidine at the dose of 10 microg/kg i.v. immediately followed by ketamine at the dose of 5 mg/kg i.v. The onset of action of romifidine in group I occurred within 2 min and the animals remained under mild sedation for 31 +/- 4.8 min. In group II, the triflupromazine-romifidine-ketamine combination induced anaesthesia for 14 +/- 2.3 min. Hypothermia, significant bradycardia and respiratory depression was noticed in both groups at different time intervals.

• Authors: A K Sharma, N Kumar, U Dimri, M Hoque, S K Maiti, O P Gupta, A Shahi
• Journal: Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine (J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med) Vol. 51 Issue 9-10 Pg. 420-4 (Dec 2004) ISSN: 0931-184X [Print] Germany
• PMID: 15610485 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Adjuvants, Anesthesia
• Anesthetics, Dissociative
• Imidazoles
• Ketamine
• Atropine
• romifidine
• Triflupromazine

Topics

• Adjuvants, Anesthesia (adverse effects)
• Anesthesia (methods, veterinary)
• Anesthetics, Dissociative (adverse effects)
• Animals
• Atropine (adverse effects)
• Bradycardia (chemically induced, veterinary)
• Buffaloes (physiology)
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Heart Rate (drug effects)
• Hypothermia (chemically induced, veterinary)
• Imidazoles (adverse effects)
• Ketamine (adverse effects)
• Male
• Preanesthetic Medication (veterinary)
• Random Allocation
• Triflupromazine (adverse effects)