Test 2- Swine

Question 1

Are pigs amiable for restraint?

Answer 1

NO! and they are difficult to grab; can use snare

Question 2

Are alpha-2s widely used in swine meds?

Answer 2

NO! pigs are resistant to alpha 2s

Question 3

IM injections

Answer 3

have to use needles at least 2-3 in long needles to avoid injections in fat- BEST place= behind ear and neck and never in the hind end

Question 4

SQ injection site

Answer 4

skin fold of rear leg

Question 5

Venous puncture

Answer 5

cranial vena cava, cephalic vein, ear vein

Question 6

Do you fast pigs?

Answer 6

yes; fast for 12-24 hours; without fasting produces gas accumulation producing distension,

Question 7

Azaparone

Answer 7

sedation

butyrophenone- ONLY TRANQUILER APPROVED FOR SWINE

Question 8

Xylazine

Answer 8

Pigs are extremely resistant to xylazine; does not produce good sedation when used alone

Question 9

Anticholingics

Answer 9

usually not given unless bradycardia warrants but ketamine(usually) and telazol(might) produce salivation, which makes visualizing larynx difficult

Question 10

Benzos

Answer 10

sedation

Question 11

tiletamine/zolazepam(telazol)

Answer 11

“super ketamine/ diazepam”; good sedation and muscle relaxor

Question 12

TKX

Answer 12

telazol, ketamine, xylazine; more restraint anesthesia

Question 13

opioids in pigs

Answer 13

not very good for adding sedation to other sedatives for premeds; fentanyl used for analgesia

Question 14

Which vein does a catheter go in?

Answer 14

auricular

Question 15

Why are pigs difficult to intubate?

Answer 15

hard to visualize the larynx

Question 16

How to verify proper ET placement?

Answer 16

ET Co2 wave form

Question 17

HR

Answer 17

mini- 70-100; swine 102-123

Question 18

Respiratory rate

Answer 18

20-30 in minis; 20 in market

Question 19

Blood pressure

Answer 19

sys- 90-140; dia 40-70; mean 60-80

Question 20

ETCO2

Question 21

When do you extubatne?

Answer 21

when pig is swallowing- chewing

Question 22

Porcine Stress Syndrome

Answer 22

Malignant Hyperthermia; Pigs that are likely- Large white, Pietran, Poland China, Landrace, Duroc; Inherited- autosomal gene(ca+ release channel- thus calcium cannot leave the SR; TRIGGER IS STRESS, but you must have the gene; signs=tachycardia, tachypnea, hyperthermia, rapid rise in ETCO2

Question 23

What is the treatment of MH

Answer 23

Dantrolene, but you prob will not have it

Question 24

Lumbosacral Epidural

Answer 24

for C-sections, rectal repair

Question 25

What drug is used for castrations?

Answer 25

Lidocaine