A simple method of oral endotracheal intubation in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
A rabbit to be intubated was anesthetized with a volatile inhalation anesthetic using a face mask and placed in an outstretched prone position. The head was tilted back to the vertical position and a lubricated, straight, endotracheal tube inserted through the mouth into the trachea during inspiration. This procedure was used successfully and repeatedly in 118 rabbits.
D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D004737:Enflurane; D006221:Halothane; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D011817:Rabbits
D004737:Enflurane; D006221:Halothane