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Effectiveness of the anaesthetic combination of tiletamine, zolazepam, ketamine and xylazine for the sterilisation of street dogs in field clinics
Author(s) -
Landry Jami,
Maza Paul
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2019-000953
Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , xylazine , anesthesia , respiratory rate , general anaesthesia , local anaesthetic , heart rate , blood pressure
15 dogs presented to a sterilisation clinic in March 2017 for ovariohysterectomy or castration surgeries. All patients were initially injected with an anaesthetic combination of Telazol (tiletamine/zolazepam), ketamine and xylazine (TKX) intramuscularly, followed by venous catheterisation and a number of follow‐up intravenous boluses of TKX when appropriate to maintain a surgical anaesthesia. 6 dogs required redosing of the TKX drug combination. Data of monitoring anaesthesia via heart rate, respiratory rate, jaw tone, limb and muscle movement were collected. These data were used to determine timing for additional intravenous half doses of TKX for the maintenance of anaesthesia. All surgeries were successful without complications, and the anaesthetic protocol was effective at maintaining surgical anaesthesia. This case report describes a group of patients in which TKX was used as the anaesthetic protocol, with details on this previously unreported protocol such that others may be able to consider using TKX in future dog sterilisation clinics.