CLINICAL AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS PROMOTED BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF MORPHINE IN ARABIAN HORSES

Authors

  • Erica Cristina Bueno do Prado Guirro UFPR - Campus Palotina
  • João Henrique Perotta FCAV - UNESP
  • Carlos Augusto Araújo Valadão FCAV - UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i4.3116

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Animal Sanity

Abstract

Systemic administration of morphine in horses is controversial and requires more investigation. In literature, there is no study about intravenous use of morphine in Arabian Horses; because of that, 12 animals were selected and distributed into two groups, GC (5mL NaCl 09%, iv) and GM (0,1mg/Kg morphine, iv). Basal evaluation was performed in T-20 and T-10, drugs were injected in T0 and other measures were carried out in T30min, T60min, T90min, T2h, T3h, T6h, T12h and T24h. Parameters evaluated included heart and respiratory rate, body temperature, height of the head in relation to the ground, eye and lip drop, intestinal motility and ataxia. Besides, latency to urinate and defecate, and the percentage of animals which urinated or defecated were observed. There were no differences in the parameters, except in intestinal motility that was reduced from T30 to T2h in GM. So, we concluded that intravenous application of morphine (0.1mg/Kg) was safe and did not promot clinical or behavioral changes in Arabian Horses.

KEYWORDS: Arabian Horses, horses, morphine.

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Author Biographies

Erica Cristina Bueno do Prado Guirro, UFPR - Campus Palotina

Professora Adjunta - UFPR - Campus Palotina

João Henrique Perotta, FCAV - UNESP

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Cirurgia Veterinária

Carlos Augusto Araújo Valadão, FCAV - UNESP

Professor Adjunto do Departamento  de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinária - FCAV - UNESP

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Published

2010-12-21

How to Cite

GUIRRO, E. C. B. do P.; PEROTTA, J. H.; VALADÃO, C. A. A. CLINICAL AND BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS PROMOTED BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION OF MORPHINE IN ARABIAN HORSES. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 4, p. 853–859, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i4.3116. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/3116. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 4 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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