Anaesthesia of three young grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) for fracture repair

作者:Huuskonen Vilhelmiina*; Hughes Lynne; Bennett Rachel
来源:Irish Veterinary Journal, 2011, 64: 3.
DOI:10.1186/2046-0481-64-3

摘要

Three young grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were presented separately for fracture repair to the veterinary teaching hospital of University College Dublin. The seals were premedicated with a combination of pethidine, midazolam and atropine; anaesthesia was induced with propofol via the front flipper vein and maintained with sevoflurane or isoflurane in oxygen. One of the seals did not breathe spontaneously after anaesthesia; a cardiac arrest, resulting in death, occurred after several hours of mechanical ventilation. Post-mortem examination revealed a severe lungworm infestation and parasitic pneumonia in this animal. The two other seals recovered uneventfully from anaesthesia.

  • 出版日期2011-3-31

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