Minimum infusion rate of alfaxalone for total intravenous anaesthesia after sedation with acepromazine or medetomidine in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

Objective: To determine the induction doses, then minimum infusion rates of alfaxalone for total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA), and subsequent, cardiopulmonary effects, recovery characteristics and alfaxalone plasma concentrations in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy after premedication with butorphanol-acepromazine or butorphanol-medetomidine.

Study Design: Prospective randomized blinded clinical study.

Animals: Twenty-eight healthy cats.

Comparison of racemic ketamine and S-ketamine as agents for the induction of anaesthesia in goats.

Objective: To compare racemic ketamine and S-ketamine as induction agents prior to isoflurane anaesthesia.

Study Design: Prospective, blinded, randomized experimental study.

Animals: Thirty-one healthy adult goats weighing 39-86 kg.

A study of cardiovascular function under controlled and spontaneous ventilation in isoflurane-medetomidine anaesthetized horses.

Objective: To determine, in mildly hypercapnic horses under isoflurane-medetomidine balanced anaesthesia, whether there is a difference in cardiovascular function between spontaneous ventilation (SV) and intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV).

Study Design: Prospective randomized clinical study.

Animals: Sixty horses, undergoing elective surgical procedures under general anaesthesia: ASA classification I or II.