Physiological Effects of Balanced Anesthesia during Dental Procedures in Brown Bears (Ursus Arctos)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Physiological Effects of Balanced Anesthesia during Dental Procedures in Brown Bears (Ursus Arctos)

Published:2017-09-23 Issue:3 Volume:67 Page:331-339
ISSN:1820-7448
Container-title:Acta Veterinaria
language:en
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Author:

Yanev Aminkov Bogdan¹,Hristov Mehandzhiyski Nikolay¹,Zlatozarova Zlateva-Panayotova Nadya¹,Bogdanov Aminkov Konstantin¹,Marinov Marinov Georgi¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Forestry, P.O. Box 1756 , Sofia , “Kliment Ohridsky” str. 10, Bulgaria

Abstract

Abstract The goal of the present study was to monitor the physiological effects of a standardized balanced anesthetic protocol in brown bears (Ursus arctos) during routine dental procedures. Physiological parameters (rectal temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation) were evaluated in twelve brown bears, anesthetized with a balanced drug combination for 90 minutes during dental procedures. The animals were kept in the „Park for Dancing Bears“ Belitza, Bulgaria. A standardized premedication protocol of a combined intramuscular injection of tiletamine HCl and zolazepam HCl (Zoletil 100® Virbac, France) 1mg/kg, medetomidine HCl 0.003mg/kg and 0.05 mg/kg of butorphanol was administered intramuscularly. Anesthesia was induced intravenously with a combined bolus of ketamine at 2 mg/kg and propofol at 2 mg/kg, and maintained with a constant rate infusion (CRI) of ketamine at 0.8 mg/kg/h and propofol 0.04 at mg/kg/min. Rectal temperature decreased significantly during anesthesia, whereas: heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation were stable with no significant changes in these parameters for the duration of anesthesia. In conclusion, this anesthetic drug combination is suitable for oral surgery of medium duration in brown bears.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Veterinary

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