From:
"Tony Clarke"
Date: 2007-05-19 22:48:10 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re:Blood drawing for Ferrets
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, Ulrike
<ferretlove.uk@...> wrote:
>
> What sedation does your vet use? Gas or an injectable
sedative? My
> vets always give gas but the ferrets hate it and I would be
grateful if
> there was a safe sedative.
>
Generally speaking injectable anesthetics are not
recommended for ferrets.
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG7522
For info re effects of anesthesia (Gas) on blood test results
and ferrets cardiac system see following references.
Isoflurane has less affect on heart muscle (than Halothane)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10861163&dopt=Abstract
Tests with sevoflurane show that there is even less affect on
heart muscle than isoflurane or halothane
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/full/89/5/1778
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/92/6/2491.pdf
and a cutionary note, isoflurane affects blood chemistry while
anaethetised so not recommended when taking blood samples
<because it can temporarily depress the red blood cell values
in ferrets and the hematocrit can drop up to 40%.>
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9215458&dopt=Abstract
Tony, Sugar and Suki
in memory of Sally and Sue
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