Morgan RJ, Eddy LB, Solie TN & Turbes CC
Ketamine-acepromazine as an anaesthetic agent for chinchillas (Chinchilla laniger).>
Lab Anim, 15(3): 281-283, 1981
ISSN: 0023-6772 Laboratory Animals (PubMed)
Abstract
Intramuscular injections of ketamine-acepromazine provided satisfactory surgical levels of anaesthesia. Induction was smooth. There was a wide margin of safety with no significant side effects, and there were no deaths attributable to anaesthesia. Induction time was 4-6 min, duration of surgical anaesthesia was 40-60 min, with complete recovery in 2-5 h. 80 chinchillas were used for this study.