Sedación de perros con maleato de acepromacina, en cuatro diferentes mucosas

Abstract

In small species veterinary medicine, pre-medication protocols in anesthesia and analgesia have been used to obtain good patient management practices, thus achieving greater comfort and promoting animal welfare. One of the most commonly used drugs for patient sedation is Acepromacin Maleate, which is mostly administered IM at a dose of 0.5 mg/kg of live weight. This sedative could be used either alone or in combination with other drugs. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of Acepromacin Maleate in the sedation of dogs applied in four different mucosae, at doses of 0.005mg/kg of live weight, using 12 canines classified in two groups, 6 females and 6 males, varying in age and breeds. The sedative was applied in the nasal, anal, preputial, and vaginal mucosa in three days, where it was identified that there are no differences in any of the treatments, in the cardiac frequency, oxygen saturation, diastolic pressure, and systolic pressure always remaining within the established range for the species, however, the mean pressure showed an increase of the established ranges in the vaginal treatment in the time of 20 minutes with a value of 150.83 and the other treatments remained in a range. It is concluded that the use of acepromazine maleate in canines in different mucosas maintains great hemodynamic stability. Keywords: acepromazine, mucosa, dogs, sedative, blood pressur