Treatment of porcine malignant hyperpyrexia. The successful use of dantrolene in the Pietrain pig.
The effect of dantrolene on porcine malignant hyperthermia in the Pietrain pig was studied. Five out of six pigs were successfully treated with dantrolene and the alkaline solvent was found to have no therapeutic effect.
D000818:Animals; D003620:Dantrolene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006827:Hydantoins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
D006827:Hydantoins; D003620:Dantrolene