AAFP Feline Anesthesia Guidelines.

The overarching purpose of the AAFP Anesthesia Guidelines (hereafter referred to as the 'Guidelines') is to make anesthesia and sedation safer for the feline patient. Scope and accessibility: It is noteworthy that these are the first exclusively feline anesthesia guidelines authored by an expert panel, making them particularly useful as an extensively referenced, practical resource for veterinary practice teams. Because much of the key content is presented in tabular or visual format, the Guidelines have a high level of accessibility and convenience that invites regular usage.

Respiratory and cardiovascular effects of buprenorphine in conscious rabbits.

Objective: To quantify the respiratory and cardiovascular effects of intravenous or subcutaneous buprenorphine in conscious rabbits.

Study Design: Prospective experimental trial.

Animals: Eight healthy, young adult New Zealand white rabbits (four female).

Effect of buprenorphine on the cardiovascular and respiratory response to visceral pain in conscious rabbits.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of buprenorphine administration on the cardiovascular and respiratory responses to noxious colorectal distension in conscious rabbits.

Study Design: Prospective experimental trial.

Animals: Fifteen healthy, young adult New Zealand white rabbits (eight female).

Visceral pain decreases tolerance to blood loss in conscious female but not male rabbits.

Pain is a component of traumatic blood loss, yet little is known about how pain alters the response to blood loss in conscious animals. We evaluated the effects of colorectal distension on the cardiorespiratory response to blood loss in six male and six female conscious, chronically instrumented New Zealand White rabbits. The goal of these experiments was to test the hypotheses that 1) colorectal distension would increase tolerance to hemorrhage (i.

A novel electrode design for chronic recording of electromyographic activity.

We describe a simple, self-retaining electromyography (EMG) electrode for use in chronic recording of EMG activity. The EMG electrode is helical in shape, resembling the screw-in fixation device on many cardiac pacing electrodes. Screw-like placement of the electrode secures it in the musculature without sutures.

Neuronal activity within the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray during simulated hemorrhage in conscious rabbits.

The ventrolateral (vl) periaqueductal gray (PAG) has been proposed as a site responsible for the active process triggering the onset of hypotension (i.e., phase 2) during blood loss in conscious animals (Cavun S and Millington WR.

Intra-articular lidocaine plus bupivacaine in sheep undergoing stifle arthrotomy.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of intra-articular (i.a.) lidocaine plus bupivacaine on post-operative pain in sheep undergoing stifle arthrotomy.

Use of a pulsed electromagnetic field for treatment of post-operative pain in dogs: a pilot study.

Objective: To determine if pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy reduces post-operative pain in dogs following ovariohysterectomy, and to evaluate PEMF interaction with post-operative morphine analgesia.

Study Design: Randomized controlled clinical trail.

Animals: Sixteen healthy dogs weighing 18 (10-32) kg [median (range)] and aged 13 (3-36) months.