Ex 3 - AC for ruminants, camelids, etc Flashcards
Main considerations:
- salivation
- regurgitation and aspiration
- bloat (rimem tympany)
- compromised pulmonary fxn
- size (myopathies and neuropathies)
- temperament
Salivation
50-100L/day (cattle), 6-16 L/day (sheep) –> A LOT!
- difficult to intubate
- aspiration/obstruct airway
Why are anticholinergics controversial for use to dec saliva?
Can make saliva more viscous
Regurgitation
Built to regurgitate! Need to keep the larynx higher than rumen
rumen < larynx > mouth
Fast them, 24-48 hr off-feed
Why do you want to keep ETT inflated during extubation??
Squeegee effect!
Bloat
Recumbency/restraint/GA –> decreases eructation
Impacts respiratory and CV system
- decreases lung volume, compliance
- dec PaO/hypoxemia
- dec venous return
Pulmonary function
Hypoventilation is common
V/Q mismatch
IPPV recommended
Size
Same as horses - they are large!
Increased risk for myopathies and neuropathies
Padding and positioning important
Temperament
Calm and stoic
Tolerant of physical restraint
- well-suited for standing procedures
3 sites for IV injection
jugular, tail, auricular
2 sites for IM injection
neck and shoulder
- avoid hind limb/meat production
Catheter size and location
12-16 G, 14 cm long
- Local block (skin and SQ)
- Pilot hole with blade (full thickness)
Intubation
Visual (large adult cattle)
Visual/laryngoscope; long blade +/- stylet (sheep, goat, calves)
Drugs used in FA
Very FEW sedatives, anesthetic, and analgesics approved for use –> we use off-label
**NEED to know withdrawal times
Website for withdrawal times
www.farad.org
3 anesthetic techniques
- Manual restraint with or w/out sedation and/or local anesthesia –> preferred method
- GA using injectable only
- Induction w/injectable anesthetics, followed by intubation and maintenance w/inhalants
Xylazine
- sedation +/- recumbency (dose-dep)
- Ruminants more sensitive than horses
Goat > sheep > cattle - ABORTION in late pregnancy
- not approved for FA
- antagonist available (tolazoline, yohimbine0
Should you use xylazine in sheep?
No - avoid use in sheep!
- activates pulmonary intravascular macrophages (PIM)
- hypoxemia, pulmonary hemorrhage/edema
- decreases pulmonary compliance
Benzodiazepines
Good sedation for calves/small ruminants
Minimal CV depression
Local anesthetics
Sheep very sensitive to toxic effects
Opioids
Very few studies in ruminants
Efficacy is questionable
Most commonly used= morphine and butorphanol
Ket-stun
Add ketamine at sub-anesthetic doses –> patients are “stunned” and oblivious to surroundings –> very good analgesic
Ket-stun –> what combo of drugs is it?
Butorphenol, Xylazine, and Ketamine
Duration ~ 45 mins
Induction agents
- Ketamine
* in combo w/ xylazine, diazepam or GG - Propofol
* risk of apnea if not titrated carefully - Guaifenesin
* mm relaxation, most used in cattle