BIOCHEMICAL-ALTERATIONS DURING EPIDURAL BUPIVACAINE ANESTHESIA IN CANINES

Epidural anaesthesia using bupivncaine hydrochloride is gaining import ance in human as well as veterinary practice. The clinical symptoms, h aematological and haemodynamic alterations of bupivacaine hydrochlorid e were reported by many workers. (Lebeaux, 1973; Alvarex et al., 1980; Gill et al., 1983 and Hussain and Amresh Kumar, 1988). However, liter ature regarding the biochemicl studies during anaesthesia is very litt le. The present work was carried out to study the biochemical alterati ons following epidural injection of 0.5% bupivacaine hydrochloride at different dose levels.