Anesthetic effects of different volumes of lidocaine for spermatic cord block in cattle.

Objective: To evaluate three volumes of lidocaine for spermatic cord block to perform castration in cattle.

Study Design: Randomized blinded clinical study.

Animals: Thirty mixed-breed Nellore cattle, aged 28-40 months and weighing 395±21 (352-452) kg [mean±standard deviation (range)].

Postoperative analgesic effects of epidural administration of neostigmine alone or in combination with morphine in dogs undergoing orthopedic surgery of the pelvic limbs.

Objective: To evaluate the postoperative analgesic effects of epidural administration of morphine and neostigmine, either alone or in combination, in dogs.

Animals: 30 dogs undergoing orthopedic surgery on a pelvic limb.

Procedures: Anesthetic protocols were standardized.

Assessment of brachial plexus blockade in chickens by an axillary approach.

Objective: To assess the brachial plexus block in chickens by an axillary approach and using a peripheral nerve stimulator.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blinded study.

Animals: Six, 84-week old, female chickens.

Postoperative analgesic effects of epidural administration of neostigmine alone or in combination with morphine in ovariohysterectomized dogs.

Objective: To evaluate analgesic effects of epidurally administered neostigmine alone or in combination with morphine in dogs after ovariohysterectomy. Animals-40 healthy bitches.

Procedures: After acepromazine premedication, anesthesia was induced.