Hi,
Maybe you can try giving atropine as well, if it doesn't
interfere with your experiment? It reduces respiratory secretions,
and we give atropine to all rats and mice undergoing anesthesia.
-melinda
On 10/12/07, neur-sci-request from oat.bio.indiana.edu
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> From: "Rajamuthu srinivasan" <drrajamuthu from gmail.com>
> Subject: [Neuroscience] clarification on rat anaesthesia
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>> Hullo doctor,
> I am Dr.S.Rajamuthu working a project on rats nasal instillation. On last
> study we found profuse nasal discharge (mucoid, clear) when anasthetised
> with ketamine and xylazine combination in 7 out of 40 rats and 4 died.
> Our anasthetic protocol is as follows:
> >From a cocktail of Ketamine 90mg and Xylazine 9 mg
> we administer 0.1ml for 100g.
> So far it went very well and this is the first time we are encountering
> this.........
> Our rats are 9 weeks old female Wistar rats
> We are in need of your valuable suggestions in this regard...
> Thank you
> Dr.S.Rajamuthu
>drrajamuthu from gmail.com>>> --
> "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest
> of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.
> Cool,
> Dr.S.RAJAMUTHU M.V.Sc
> Research Veterinarian,
> Gangagen Biotechnologies Pvt. Ltd.,
> Bangalore.
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