title: Ketamine and its use in the pig. Recommendations of the Consensus meeting on Ketamine Anaesthesia in Pigs, Bergen 1994. Ketamine Consensus Working Group.
abstract: Ketamine, when used as a mono-anaesthetic, does not appear to induce surgical anaesthesia in the pig. The addition of other drugs such as opioids, benzodiazepines and alpha 2-adrenergic agonists deepens anaesthesia and enables major surgery to be performed. A decision-tree for the rational use of ketamine for both short and long-term anaesthesia in the pig under three different levels of procedure severity is presented.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boschert
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Flecknell
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Fosse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Framstad
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ganter
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sjøstrand
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thurman
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013552:Swine / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D007649:Ketamine