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Volume 11 (1) : 39-45, 2007
Ketamine-xylazine/tiletamine-zolazepam prolonged anesthesia in Cynomolgus
monkeys.
Cheah PS1, Low CK2,Mohidin N3, Bariah MA3,
Maung M1, Azian
AL1
1Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, 2Laboratory
Animal Resource Unit, Faculty of Medicine3 Department of Optometry,
Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
Cheah PS, Low CK,Mohidin N, Bariah MA, Maung M, Azian AL Ketamine-xylazine/tiletamine-zolazepam prolonged anaesthesia in Cynomolgus monkeys.
Online J Vet Res 11 (1): 39-45, 2007.
The physiological effects
of a mixture of ketamine, xylazine,
tiletamine and zolazepam
(KT/XZ), in cynomolgus monkeys during 24 hr
anesthesia is described. Eight were induced with ketamine
IM and anesthetized with IV KT/XZ. In all, anesthesia was maintained for 24
hours with large decreases in rectal temperature, heart and respiratory rates
but moderate hypotension. All monkeys recovered normally 4 hours
post-anesthesia. These results suggest that KX/TZ mixture could be used for
prolonged anesthesia in cynomolgus monkeys.
Keywords ketamine-xylazine, tiletamine-zolazepam, cynomolgus monkey, anesthesia