COMPARISON OF ISOFLURANE AND SEVOFLURANE FOR SHORT-TERM ANESTHESIA IN MEERKATS (SURICATA SURICATTA)-ARE THERE BENEFITS THAT OUTWEIGH COSTS?

Meerkats ( Suricata suricatta ) are routinely anesthetized with isoflurane in zoo and field settings. Twenty healthy adult meerkats of mixed age and sex held in the Zoological Society of London's collection were anesthetized with 4% isoflurane by face mask for routine health examinations. The procedure was repeated 5 mo later in the same group of animals utilizing sevoflurane at 5% for induction, and again 3 mo later with sevoflurane at 6.

Effects of different doses of dexmedetomidine on anaesthetic induction with alfaxalone--a clinical trial.

Objective: To document the effects of two doses of dexmedetomidine on the induction characteristics and dose requirements of alfaxalone.

Study Design: Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Animals: Sixty one client owned dogs, status ASA I-II.

Comparison of quality of recovery from anaesthesia in cats induced with propofol or alfaxalone.

Objective: To assess the quality and length of recovery from anaesthesia induced with either propofol or alfaxalone and maintained with isoflurane, in cats undergoing short procedures in private veterinary practice.

Study Design: Prospective, blinded, randomized study.

Animals: Ninety-three healthy mixed breed cats.

Clinical efficacy and cardiorespiratory effects of alfaxalone, or diazepam/fentanyl for induction of anaesthesia in dogs that are a poor anaesthetic risk.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and cardiorespiratory effects of alfaxalone as an anaesthetic induction agent in dogs with moderate to severe systemic disease.

Study Design: Randomized prospective clinical study.

Animals: Forty dogs of physical status ASA III-V referred for various surgical procedures.

Incidence of elevation of cardiac troponin I prior to and following routine general anaesthesia in dogs.

Objective: To estimate the incidence of raised cTnI after general anaesthesia in dogs and to explore major risk factors influencing this.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study. Animals A total of 107 (ASA physical status 1-2) dogs, 63% male and 37% female, median age 5 years (range 0.

A comparison of the duration and quality of recovery from isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane anaesthesia in dogs undergoing magnetic resonance imaging.

Objective: To compare the recovery after anaesthesia with isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane in dogs undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Animals: Thirty-eight dogs weighing 23.

The isoflurane-sparing and clinical effects of a constant rate infusion of remifentanil in dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the isoflurane-sparing and clinical effects of two constant rate infusions of remifentanil in healthy dogs undergoing orthopaedic surgery.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized clinical study.

Animals: Forty-one American Society of Anesthesiologists I-II client-owned dogs (age, 7 months-9 years; body mass 11-59 kg).