KETAMINE-XYLAZINE ANAESTHESIA IN EGYPTIAN GOATS

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1/M injection of Ketamine-Xylazine mixture was p < /strong>erformed in Egyptian goats. Three doses of the mixture were used to determine its clinical effect. The optimum dose to be more efficient for goats is 8.0 mg. and 0.2 mg. per kilogram body weight from Keta mine and Xylazine respectively.
This dose produced a good surgical anaesthesia which lasted for 78.67 minutes. There was a transient reduction in respiratory rate, heart rate and rectal temperature during the anaesthetic period. Recovery occur within an average of 63 minutes which is smouth and uncomplicated. A transient changes occur in the haematological profile.