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AU Kohler,I.; Meier,R.; Busato,A.; Neiger-Aeschbacher,G.; Schatzmann,U.

TI Is carbon dioxide (CO2) a useful short acting anaesthetic for small laboratory animals?

QU Laboratory Animals 1999 Apr; 33(2): 155-61

PT journal article

AB The anaesthetic effect of carbon dioxide (CO2) was investigated under predetermined exposure times in rats, mice and guinea pigs with admixture of 20% of oxygen (O2), and with 20% of ambient air in rats. In rats first symptoms (median) were detectable between 7 and 9.5 s, the induction time (median) varied between 16 and 20.5 s and the surgical tolerance (median) was 40 s (after 60 s of exposure) and 53.5 s (after 120 s of exposure) to 80% CO2/20% O2. When O2 was replaced by ambient air, a surgical tolerance of 53.5 s (after 60 s of exposure) and 77 s (after 120 s of exposure) was measured. In mice the induction time to 80% CO2/20% O2 was 10 s and the surgical tolerance 19.5 s (after 120 s of exposure). Guinea pigs showed an induction period of 20 s and a surgical tolerance of 50 s (after 30 s of exposure) to 80% CO2/O2. Recovery was short and smooth in all species. This method of general anaesthesia seems to be suitable for short and painful interventions, mainly in rats, but also in guinea pigs.

AD Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland.

SP englisch

PO England

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