Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXIX, Issue 1
Written by Ruxandra COSTEA, Ruxandra PAVEL, Gina GIRDAN, Ioana ENE, Florin POSASTIUC, Catalin MICSA, Tiberiu CONSTANTIN, Dorin TOGOE, Alexandru DIACONESCU
A 6-year-old Tsurcana male sheep was anesthetized in hospital conditions for a soft tissue surgery- bilateral orchidectomy. After intramuscular premedication with midazolam (0.2 mg/kg), butorphanol (0.1 mg/kg), and ketamine (5 mg/kg), anesthesia was induced intravenously with alfaxalone (1.6 mg/kg IV). The subject was intubated with an 8.5 mm endotracheal tube and anesthesia was maintained with isoflurane (1.5-2.5 vol % in O2) and 3 boluses of alfaxalone (1.0 mg/kg) delivered intravenously every 10 minutes. The total surgical time was 40 minutes and the whole inhalation anesthesia time was 78 minutes, including the preparation of the subject at the beginning and after the surgical procedure. The mean arterial blood pressure was maintained at 80 mmHg throughout anesthesia, the average end-tidal CO2 at 51 mm Hg, the mean oxygen saturation of haemoglobin was 99.5%, the mean heart rate was 130 beats per minute, respectively 31 respirations per minute. In conclusion, this anesthetic protocol may be clinically applicable for a male sheep undergoing invasive soft surgery, especially if there is a particular case involving a risk patient.
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