Volume: 54 Issue: 2
Year: 2023, Page: 330-335, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.330-335
Received: Sept. 2, 2022 Accepted: Jan. 7, 2023 Published: June 30, 2023
The study was conducted on six geriatric dogs belonging to different breeds presented for various surgical procedures at the Veterinary hospitals of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, at Mannuthy and Kokkalai. Before undergoing anaesthesia, all dogs underwent complete clinical examination and pre-anaesthetic evaluation. All the animals were administered a multimodal anaesthetic protocol with inj. dexmedetomidine and inj. buprenorphine as preanaesthetics. A combination of injection diazepam and propofol was given for induction which was followed by inj. ketamine and inj. lignocaine for analgesia. Maintenance of anaesthesia was carried out by sevoflurane along with ketamine-lignocaine CRI for providing analgesia. Studies on haematology and serum biochemistry were carried out prior to premedication, during maintenance and following anaesthesia recovery. Organ functions were well preserved with the current multimodal anaesthetic technique in geriatric dogs.
Keywords: Geriatric dogs, multimodal anesthesia, sevoflurane
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Babu, A.C., Ramankutty, S., Nair, S.S., Panicker, V.P. and Martin, K.D.J. 2023. Evaluation of haematological and serum biochemical profile of geriatric dogs undergoing a multimodal anaesthesia protocol. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 54(2):330-335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2023.54.2.330-335