Evaluation of total intra-venous anesthesia using ketamine HCl or telazol in mongrel dogs

Abstract EN

This study aimed to evaluate the anesthetic, hemato-biochemial and clinico-physiological effects of ketamine HCl and telazol on xylazine premedicated dogs.

sixteen apparently healthy dogs were used in this study.

total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) was induced by ketamine HCl (5mg/kg Bwt) or telazol (6mg/kg Bwt) after premedication with xylazine HCl (1mg/kg Bwt).

blood samples were collected in both treatments five minutes before injection of the preanesthetic medication, then at (15, 30, 60 and 90) minutes after treatments for the hemato-biochemical evaluation, also clinico-physiological observations were recorded at the same previous times.

both ketamine HCl and telazol had no significant effect on the clinico-physiological parameters and also hemato-biochemical values of the dogs.

both drugs could be used as TIVA in dogs.

however, telazol induced longer duration of anesthesia with complete muscle relaxation that suitable for most surgical operations.