Anaesthetic induction with alfaxalone in Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota Cheynei)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://vetarhiv.vef.unizg.hr/papers/2023-93-1-10.pdf" target="_blank" >http://vetarhiv.vef.unizg.hr/papers/2023-93-1-10.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.24099/vet.arhiv.1259" target="_blank" >10.24099/vet.arhiv.1259</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Anaesthetic induction with alfaxalone in Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota Cheynei)

Original language description

The aim of this investigation was to assess the clinical use of alfaxalone as a short-acting anaesthetic agent for induction to inhalation anaesthesia in jungle carpet pythons (Morelia spilota cheynei). Ten healthy, captive, sub-adult jungle carpet pythons (1.1 +/- 0.32 kg bw) were anaesthetised using a dose of 10mg/kg of alfaxalone, administered intravenously to the ventral tail vein. Heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) were recorded before administration (T0), and every 5 minutes until the snakes fully recovered from the anaesthesia. The induction time, time of tail-pinch reflex loss, tracheal tube insertion time, interval of deep anaesthesia, and the time of full recovery were recorded. The induction time occurred within 3.1 +/- 0.8 minutes. The tail-pinch reflex loss was lost within 5.6 +/- 0.7 minutes. The mean tracheal tube insertion time, the interval of deep anaesthesia, and the time of full recovery were 6.9 +/- 0.9 minutes, 18.8 +/- 4.7 minutes, and 36.7 +/- 11.4 minutes, respectively. A prolonged time of full recovery was recorded in two snakes (61.3 and 62.6 minutes, respectively). Their mean heart rate was statistically higher (P&lt;0.05) at T5, T15 and T20 when compared with the basal HR at T0. The respiratory rate of the snakes dropped at T5 and was statistically lower (P&lt;0.05) from T5 until T20 when compared with RR at all other time points. In two snakes apnoea was recorded at T5. Intravenous administration of alfaxalone proved to be a valuable method of induction, suitable for a subsequent inhalation anaesthesia in jungle carpet pythons.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Veterinarski Arhiv

ISSN

0372-5480

e-ISSN

1331-8055

Volume of the periodical

93

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

HR - CROATIA

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

129-136

UT code for WoS article

000989959100007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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