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Ketamina 50 Chinfield

General Anesthetic

Benefits:

General anesthetic of use alone or as inducer of general anesthesia with inhaled agents. Ketamine is a quick action general anesthetic with significant analgesic activity and absence of depressing effects of the cardiorespiratory system.
It inhibits the transmission the impulses through the reticular system which prevents the impulses from reaching the brain cortex.
This induces a grade 1 and 2 anesthesia level, but not status 3 In felines, it induces little hypothermia with a reduction of temperature of approximately 1.5 to 1.7oC after a therapeutical dose.

Target species:

Sport and working equines not intended to human food consumption, bovines, sheep, pigs, canines, felines, and primates.

Posology, dosage and administration:

Equines: (in ml)
Intravenous: 6 to 10 ml x 100 klw
Bovines: (in ml)
Intravenous: 10 ml x 100 klw
Pigs: (in ml)
Intravenous: 1 ml x 10 klw
Intramuscular: 2 to 4 ml x 10 klw
Sheep: (in ml)
Intravenous: 0.6 ml x 10 klw
Intramuscular: 2 to 4 ml x 10 klw
Canines and Felines: (in ml)
Intravenous: 0.15 to 0.20 ml x klw
Intramuscular: 0.30 to 0.50 ml x klw
Primates: (in ml)
Intravenous: 0.02 to 0,1 ml x klw
Intramuscular: 0.1 to 0.3 ml x klw

Presentation:

Ampoule bottle x 50 ml.

Formula:

Ketamine …………………………………… 5 g
Formulation agents q.s. …………. 100 ml

The product must be applied by a Veterinary Doctor.