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Use of electroacupuncture as an analgestic for laparotomies in two dairy cows
Author(s) -
WHITE S. S.,
BOLTON J. R.,
FRASER D. McK.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1985.tb14234.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electroacupuncture , lumbar , lumbosacral joint , anesthesia , analgesic , surgery , acupuncture , alternative medicine , pathology
SUMMARY: Electroacupuncture was used as the sole analgesic for standing laparotomies on 2 Friesian cows. Needles placed in the lumbosacral space, and second lumbar interspinous space and high in the lumbar fossa were stimulated with an AC current at 15 to 28 Hz. The analgesia produced was similar to that of a paralumbar nerve block.