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OJVRTM
Online
Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 24(12): 716-722, 2020.
Ketamine-xylazine with diazepam or midazolam anesthesia
in tortoises (Testudo horsfieldii).
Amin Bigham-Sadegh
Department
of Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahreh-kord
University, Shahreh-kord Iran.
ABSTRACT
Bigham-Sadegh
S Ketamine-xylazine
with diazepam or midazolam anesthesia in tortoises (Testudo horsfieldii), Onl J Vet Res., 24(12): 716-722, 2020. In tortoises, turtles or terrapins effective
short-term anesthesia is done for field biopsies. Author reports anesthetic effects
of intramuscular injections of 30mg/kg ketamine 0.2mg/kg xylazine
with 1mg/kg diazepam or 1mg/kg midazolam in 3 male and 3 female, 1.09 +
0.34kg central Asian tortoises. Onset and duration (min) of anesthesia were recorded.
With diazepam onset occurred at ~27 min, whereas with
midazolam at ~31 min (4.2% sooner P < 0.03). However, there was a
great difference (~51%) in duration of deep anesthesia 141min with midazolam, compared
with diazepam ~69min (P < 0.0001). Tortoises recovered normally. Results suggest ketamine-xylazine
with midazolam can be given to tortoises for blood sampling, biopsies or surgery.
Key words:
Ketamine,
Xylazine, Diazepam, Midazolam, Tortoises.
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