Am. Amarpal,"pawde et al., CLINICAL-EVALUATION OF MEDETOMIDINE WITH AND WITHOUT PENTAZOCINE IN ATROPINIZED DOGS, Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 66(3), 1996, pp. 219-222
Medetomidine @ 30 mu g/kg body weight alone and with pentazocine lacta
te @ 2 mg/kg body weight in atropinized dogs induced tachycardia and f
all in respiration rate but rectal temperature was not affected signif
icantly. Medetomidine alone produced profound sedation and analgesia,
and medetomidine-pentazocine lactate combination induced surgical anae
sthesia for 36.5+/-2.10 min. Animals recovered uneventfully in either
group.