Comparison of intraoperative cardiorespiratory and behavioral responses to medetomidine combined with tramadol or butorphanol during standing laparoscopic ovariectomy in horses

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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Ahram KIM¹  Naoki SASAKI²  Inhyung LEE¹  Jong-pil SEO³ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University;Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University;Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Jeju National University

关键词: analgesia;    ataxia;    horse;    sedation;    tramadol;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.20-0397

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this study was to assess the cardiorespiratory and behavioral responses to the combination of medetomidine and tramadol (M-T) or butorphanol (M-B) in standing laparoscopic ovariectomy in horses. One ovary was removed under M-T and the contralateral ovary was removed under M-B with at least 4 weeks between operations at random. Horses were sedated using intravenous medetomidine (5 µg/kg) followed by tramadol (1 mg/kg) or butorphanol (10 µg/kg) after 5 min. Sedation was maintained through the repeated injection of medetomidine (1 µg/kg) and tramadol (0.4 mg/kg) or medetomidine (1 µg/kg) and butorphanol (4 µg/kg) every 15 min. Cardiorespiratory function and behavioral responses, including, sedation, ataxia, and analgesia, were assessed during the surgery. There were no significant differences in cardiorespiratory values and sedation and analgesia scores between M-T and M-B. Ataxia scores were significantly lower in M-T than in M-B. This result suggests that M-T could maintain smooth and stable standing surgery with minimal cardiorespiratory changes in horses.

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