Plasma concentration, cardiorespiratory and analgesic effects of ketamine-fentanyl infusion in dogs submitted to mastectomy.

Background: The analgesic and cardiorespiratory effects of ketamine, fentanyl, or ketamine-fentanyl constant rate infusion (CRI) in dogs undergoing mastectomy were evaluated. Seventeen female dogs received CRI of ketamine (GK [n = 6]: bolus 0.5 mg/kg; CRI 20 µg/kg/min in intra- and postoperative periods], fentanyl (GF [n = 5]: bolus 20 µg/kg; intraoperative CRI 5 20 µg/kg/hour and postoperative CRI 2 20 µg/kg/hour), or combination of ketamine-fentanyl (GKF [n = 6]: aforementioned doses) for 8 h.

Dose-Finding in the Development of an LPS-Induced Model of Synovitis in Sheep.

Models of transient synovitis that can be controlled with antiinflammatory and analgesic drugs have been used to study pain amelioration. To this end, we aimed to determine the dose of intraarticularly administered LPS that induced signs of synovitis without systemic signs in clinically healthy male castrated sheep ( = 14). In phase 1, a single dose of LPS (0.