COMMONLY USED ANAESTHETIC AGENTS FOR LABORATORY ANIMALS

 COMMONLY USED ANAESTHETIC AGENTS FOR LABORATORY ANIMALS

Anesthesia for Laboratory Animals: For mice, ketamine is used alone intramuscularly. Usually, I/M is not recommended in Mice due to small muscle mass and may cause lameness in mice. Also, Injection may cause discomfort and local tissue irritation. Ketamine is rarely administered alone due to its poor muscle relaxation. Ketamine has been used in combination with various other anesthetic drugs, but it is most commonly combined with Xylazine or Medetomidine. 

The Drugs/dose and route of administration are as follows:-

 

COMMONLY RECOMMENDED ANESTHETIC AGENTS FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS

NEEDLE SIZE USED FOR BLOOD VESSEL CANNULATION IN DIFFERENT SPECIES

 Reference:

1.   CCSEA (CPCSEA) Guidelines 2018

2. Parasuraman S, Raveendran R, Kesavan R. Blood sample collection in small laboratory animals. Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics. 2010 Jul;1(2):87.

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