The veterinary journal
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The veterinary journal · Nov 2002
Clinical Trial24-hour Holter-monitoring in the perianaesthetic period in dogs premedicated with dexmedetomidine.
Baseline and perianaesthetic 24-hour Holter recordings were carried out in six healthy beagles. After dexmedetomidine premedication anaesthesia was induced with propofol and maintained with propofol infusion or isoflurane for one hour. Dexmedetomidine alone was used as control. ⋯ Most of the heart blocks were seen during the premedication period when bradycardia was most prominent. During the subsequent night, HR was similar between treatments and did not differ from that seen on the baseline recordings. In beagles treated with dexmedetomidine alone or combined with propofol or propofol/isoflurane, ventricular arrhythmias were not detected more frequently than those reported in healthy non-anaesthetised dogs.
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The veterinary journal · May 2002
Comparative Study Clinical TrialComparison of epidural anaesthesia with lignocaine or xylazine in cats.
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A brief outline of the history of epidural analgesia is followed by a review of the anatomy of the epidural space with particular reference to epidural block. The technique of epidural injection in the dog is described as are the indications for the technique. These include the provision of anaesthesia for such procedures as orthopaedic surgery of the hind limb and caesarian section. ⋯ Morphine is the drug of choice for this indication. The use of other classes of drugs, such as the alpha 2 agonists and ketamine, are also considered. A variety of side-effects, contra-indications and complications are described together with methods for reducing their incidence and effects.
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The veterinary journal · Jul 1998
The influence of lesion type on the duration of hyperalgesia associated with hindlimb lameness in dairy cattle.
The nociceptive thresholds of 42 sound dairy cattle were compared with 53 animals displaying hind-claw lameness. All animals in the study were lameness scored and nociceptive threshold tested. Each animal then received a routine claw trim while the lame cattle also had the cause of lameness determined and treated. ⋯ The group which were retested on day 28 were subdivided by lesion type: sole ulcer; white line disease and acute digital tissue infection. Each lesion type caused a decreased nociceptive threshold at day 1. At re-evaluation on day 28 only the thresholds of the acute digital tissue infection group were not significantly different from the sound group but thresholds in sole ulcer and white line disease cows were still depressed.
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The veterinary journal · Jan 1997
Tracheolaryngostomy as a treatment for laryngeal obstruction in cattle.
Inspiratory dyspnoea may be the result of chronic laryngeal obstruction or, rarely, because of tracheal collapse. Chronic laryngeal obstruction, as a result of necrobacillosis or infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, responds poorly to medical treatment. A tracheolaryngostomy technique under general anaesthesia is described with closure of the laryngotomy incision. ⋯ The technique had a high success rate at 6 months follow-up. In animals with severe bronchopneumonia without laryngeal abscesses at endoscopy, tracheotomy and medical therapy with antibiotics and steroids may be successful. Chronic laryngeal obstruction is more common in double-muscled calves because of the anatomy of the upper airways, increasing laryngeal resistance to airflow.