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Vet Anaesth Analg ; 50(3): 280-288, 2023 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36973133

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the pharmacodynamic effects and pharmacokinetics of a single intramuscular (IM) injection of alfaxalone in central bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) when injected at a cranial versus a caudal site. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, masked, randomized crossover study. ANIMALS: A total of 13 healthy bearded dragons weighing 0.48 ± 0.1 kg. METHODS: Alfaxalone (10 mg kg-1) was administered IM to 13 bearded dragons in the triceps muscle (cranial treatment) or the quadriceps muscle (caudal treatment) separated by 4 weeks. Pharmacodynamic variables included movement score, muscle tone score and righting reflex. Blood was obtained from the caudal tail vein using a sparse sampling methodology. Plasma alfaxalone concentrations were determined using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and pharmacokinetic analysis was performed using nonlinear mixed-effects modeling. Differences in variables between injection sites were analyzed using a nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test for paired data with significance set at p ≤ 0.05. RESULTS: Time to loss of righting reflex score was not different, median (interquartile range), between cranial and caudal treatments [8 (5-11) and 8 (4-12) minutes, respectively, p = 0.72]. Time to recovery of righting reflex was also not different between cranial and caudal treatments [80 (44-112) and 64 (56-104) minutes, respectively, p = 0.75]. Plasma alfaxalone concentrations were not significantly different between treatments. The population estimate (95% confidence intervals) for volume of distribution per fraction absorbed was 1.0 (0.79-1.20) L kg-1, clearance per fraction absorbed was 9.6 (7.6-11.6) mL minute-1 kg-1, absorption rate constant was 2.3 (1.9-2.8) minute-1 and elimination half-life was 71.9 (52.7-91.1) minutes. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Regardless of the injection site, IM alfaxalone (10 mg kg-1) produced reliable chemical restraint in central bearded dragons, appropriate for nonpainful diagnostic procedures or anesthetic premedication.


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Anesthetics , Animals , Anesthetics/pharmacology , Cross-Over Studies , Injections, Intramuscular/veterinary , Prospective Studies
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Vet Res ; 43: 85, 2012 Dec 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23234600

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Herpesviruses have been recognized in marine mammals, but their clinical relevance is not always easy to assess. A novel otarine herpesvirus-3 (OtHV3) was detected in a geriatric California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), and using a newly developed quantitative PCR assay paired with histology, OtHV3 was associated with esophageal ulcers and B cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in this animal. The prevalence and quantities of OtHV3 were then determined among buffy coats from 87 stranded and managed collection sea lions. Stranded sea lions had a higher prevalence of OtHV3 compared to managed collection sea lions (34.9% versus 12.5%; p = 0.04), and among the stranded sea lions, yearlings were most likely to be positive. Future epidemiological studies comparing the presence and viral loads of OtHV3 among a larger population of California sea lions with and without lymphoid neoplasia or esophageal ulcers would help elucidate the relevance of OtHV3-associated pathologies to these groups.


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Esophageal Diseases/veterinary , Gammaherpesvirinae/isolation & purification , Herpesviridae Infections/veterinary , Lymphoma, B-Cell/veterinary , Sea Lions , Ulcer/veterinary , Animals , Esophageal Diseases/epidemiology , Esophageal Diseases/virology , Herpesviridae Infections/complications , Herpesviridae Infections/epidemiology , Lymphoma, B-Cell/epidemiology , Lymphoma, B-Cell/virology , Male , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , Sequence Analysis, Protein/veterinary , Ulcer/epidemiology , Ulcer/virology , United States
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