%0 Journal Article %T Cardiovascular and Respiratory Effects of Romifidine and/or Xylazine in Ketamine Anaesthesia in Dog: An Experimental Study %J Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery %I Iranian Veterinary Surgery Association (IVSA) %Z 2008-3033 %A Emami, Mohammad Reza %A Sedighi, Mohammad Reza %A Sarhaddi, Shamsedin %D 2007 %\ 03/01/2007 %V 02 %N 2 %P 59-64 %! Cardiovascular and Respiratory Effects of Romifidine and/or Xylazine in Ketamine Anaesthesia in Dog: An Experimental Study %K Romifidin %K Xylazin %K Ketamine %K anesthesia %K Dog %R %X Objective: To compare romifidine and xylazine premedication in ketamine anesthesia of the dog. Design: Experimental design. Animals: Fifteen cross-breed dogs. Procedures: Animals randomly allocated into three groups of five. Group G1 premedicated by xylazine 1 mg/kg, G2 romifidine 40 µg/ kg and G3 romifidine 80 µg/ kg intramuscularly. All animals premedicated with atropine 0.02 mg/kg subcutaneously ten minutes before induction of anesthesia. Anesthesia was induced by 15 mg/kg ketamine IM. Heart rate, respiratory rate, mean arterial blood pressure and eclectrocardiac activity beside quality of anesthesia were evaluated. Results: No significant differences were found between three groups around all recorded parameters.  Conclusions and Clinical relevance: Usage of different doses of romifidine in canine species is possible without any unexpected outcome, 80 µg/ kg of romifidine make better onset of anesthesia. %U https://www.ivsajournals.com/article_3256_487f7de9ab80b4de73c64d545ea41653.pdf