title: An evaluation of three anaesthetic regimes in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica).
abstract: The effect of several anaesthetic agents on the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) was investigated. Pentobarbitone sodium at a dose of 50 mg/kg sedated the animals but did not produce analgesia or anaesthesia. A combination of ketamine hydrochloride and xylazine at 40 mg/kg and 5 mg/kg, respectively, sedated the animals, but anaesthetic levels were not attained. Halothane was most effective in producing anaesthesia in Monodelphis domestica. Hypothermia was a major side effect with all three anaesthetic regimes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comparative Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Drozdowicz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D006221:Halothane / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000139:chemically induced; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D009893:Opossums / Q000502:physiology*; D010424:Pentobarbital / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D014991:Xylazine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014991:Xylazine; D007649:Ketamine; D010424:Pentobarbital; D006221:Halothane