Comparison of intraoperative cardiorespiratory and behavioral responses to
medetomidine combined with tramadol or butorphanol during standing laparoscopic
ovariectomy in horses |
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| Authors: | Ahram KIM Naoki SASAKI Inhyung LEE Jong-pil SEO |
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| Institution: | 1)Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea;2)Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan;3)Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to assess the cardiorespiratory and behavioral responses to the combination of medetomidine and tramadol (M-T) or butorphanol (M-B) in standing laparoscopic ovariectomy in horses. One ovary was removed under M-T and the contralateral ovary was removed under M-B with at least 4 weeks between operations at random. Horses were sedated using intravenous medetomidine (5 µg/kg) followed by tramadol (1 mg/kg) or butorphanol (10 µg/kg) after 5 min. Sedation was maintained through the repeated injection of medetomidine (1 µg/kg) and tramadol (0.4 mg/kg) or medetomidine (1 µg/kg) and butorphanol (4 µg/kg) every 15 min. Cardiorespiratory function and behavioral responses, including, sedation, ataxia, and analgesia, were assessed during the surgery. There were no significant differences in cardiorespiratory values and sedation and analgesia scores between M-T and M-B. Ataxia scores were significantly lower in M-T than in M-B. This result suggests that M-T could maintain smooth and stable standing surgery with minimal cardiorespiratory changes in horses. |
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| Keywords: | analgesia ataxia horse sedation tramadol |
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