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Use of xylocaine, potentiated with sodium bicarbonate, as an anaesthetic for fry and juveniles of acumara, Algansea lacustris Steindachner 1895, from Lake Patzuaro, Michoacan, Mexico
Author(s) -
LOPEZ H. RIVERA,
MENDOZA A. ORBE,
ROSS L. G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1991.tb00490.x
Subject(s) - sodium bicarbonate , biology , bicarbonate , sedation , sodium , pharmacology , fishery , anesthesia , endocrinology , medicine , chemistry , organic chemistry
. The effectiveness of xylocaine anaesthesia, potentiated with sodium bicarbonate, was investigated on the altiplano cyprinid, Algansea lacustris Steindachner. The drug gave excellent sedation, handling and recovery and was effective at doses between 50 and 300 mg/l in 1 g/l sodium bicarbonate.