title: Ketamine-xylazine anaesthesia in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus).
abstract: The combination of ketamine-xylazine was assessed as a surgical anaesthetic in Djungarian hamsters acclimatized to both long (16 h light: 8 h dark) and short (8 h light: 16 h dark) photoperiods. It was concluded that 50 mg/kg of ketamine with 10 mg/kg of xylazine or 100 mg/kg of ketamine with 5-10 mg/kg of xylazine when given together by intraperitoneal injection was a satisfactory general anaesthetic. Two hundred mg/kg of ketamine with 10 mg/kg xylazine caused death in 13 of 24 animals. There were no clinically significant effects on depth of anaesthesia due to photoperiod.
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale 62901.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Curl
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013843:Thiazines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014991:Xylazine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013843:Thiazines; D014991:Xylazine; D007649:Ketamine