Use of hypothermia for general anesthesia in preweanling rodents.
Documentation and rationale are provided for the use of deep hypothermia alone for anesthesia during surgical manipulations in young preweanling rodents and moderate hypothermia as an adjunct to other anesthesia in older preweanling animals. Techniques and applications for the procedure are also described.
D000698:Analgesia; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D014886:Weaning