Anaesthetic Effect Of Xylazine And Xylazine With Ketamine In Coturnix Coturnix Japonica

Abstract

In this study ,the xylazine hydrochloride 0.5 mg/kg of the body weight intramuscularly,induced anaesthesia in Japanese quails within 6 minutes for 33.3 minutes ,muscle relaxation was poor with out any analgesia.Recovery from anaesthesia was rough with leg movement ,head shaking,wing flapping ,salivation and excitation, the combination of xylazine hydrochloride (0.5 mg/kg) of the body weight intramuscularly with ketamine hydrochloride (15 or 30 mg/kg) of the body weight intramuscularly induced anaesthesia depending the dose during 2.5 and 2.1 minutes for 41.3 and 70.6 minutes, respectively. The anaesthetic combination provided adequate analgesia lasted for 54.4 minutes and 65 minutes respectively with good muscle relaxation in Japanese quails .