Measurement of peripheral muscle oxygen saturation in conscious healthy horses using a near-infrared spectroscopy device.

Objective: Maintaining adequate muscle tissue oxygenation is of paramount importance during equine general anesthesia. The objectives of this study were to assess the feasibility, reliability and repeatability of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) muscle oximetry using the Inspectra m650 in conscious healthy adult horses.

Study Design: Prospective, observational study.

Evaluation of tissue hemoglobin saturation (StO2) using near-infrared spectroscopy during hypoxemia and hyperoxemia in Beagle dogs.

Objective: To determine the relationship between tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) and oxygen delivery (D˙O2) during hypoxemia and hyperoxemia.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized study.

Animals: Eight purpose-bred Beagle dogs.

Evaluation of tissue oxygen saturation with near-infrared spectroscopy during experimental acute hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in dogs.

Objective: To evaluate tissue oxygen saturation (Sto2) by use of near-infrared spectroscopy in experimental acute hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation in dogs.

Animals: 14 healthy adult purpose-bred Beagles.

Procedures: Dogs were anesthetized with isoflurane via facemask, anesthesia was maintained with propofol and rocuronium bromide, and dogs were mechanically ventilated to maintain normocapnia.

Effect of hind limb position on the craniocaudal length of the lumbosacral space in anesthetized dogs.

Objective: To investigate whether rostral extension of the hind limbs increases the cranio-caudal dorsal interlaminar distance between the seventh lumbar vertebra and the sacral bone (LS distance) in sternally recumbent anesthetized dogs.

Study Design: Prospective clinical study.

Animals: Eighteen dogs (eight neutered males, three intact males, six spayed females, one intact female) of various breeds, weighing 4-34 kg and ranging in age from 1 to 13 years.

Comparison of three different inhalant anesthetic agents (isoflurane, sevoflurane, desflurane) in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis).

Objective: To compare isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane for inhalant anesthesia in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) in terms of the speed and characteristics of induction; cardiovascular and respiratory parameters while anesthetized; and speed and quality of recovery.

Study Design: Prospective, cross over, randomized experimental study.

Animals: 12 healthy adult red-tailed hawks.

Comparison of two anesthetic protocols for feline blood donation.

Objective: To compare hemodynamic variables during, and recovery quality following, anesthesia for feline blood donation using intramuscular ketamine-midazolam-butorphanol (KMB) versus inhaled sevoflurane in oxygen (SEV).

Study Design: Prospective blinded, randomized, crossover study.

Animals: Twenty healthy, client-owned, mixed breed cats, aged 4-8 years, weighing 5.

Use of a wireless system to measure invasive arterial blood pressure in ponies - preliminary study.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility and functionality of intra-carotid wireless device implantation in ponies, and to investigate its short-term complications.

Study Design: Prospective preliminary study.

Animals: Five mixed breed, adult, intact male ponies weighing 104 +/- 28.