title: A technique to anesthetize turtles with ether.
abstract: A technique to anesthetize turtles with ether is presented, in which a plastic cannula is passed through the glottis into the trachea. This procedure avoids apnea and allows ether vapours obtained from a chamber to be introduced, by the animal respiratory movements or by means of a pump, into the animal lungs. The anesthesia is rapidly obtained and lasts from 45-90 minutes. The time of recovery from anesthesia ranged from 60-90 minutes. With this technique no deaths were observed and the same animal could be anesthetized repeatedly.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisiologia, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Belló
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belló-Klein
mesh_terms: D000770:Anesthesia, Endotracheal / Q000662:veterinary*; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D004986:Ether; D014426:Turtles
chemical_list: D004986:Ether