Animals were ovariectomized a week prior to commencing any procedures using a ketamine-based anesthetic (75 mg/kg ketamine, 3.6 mg/kg xylazine, 0.09 mg/kg acepromazine dissolved in 3 ml/kg saline, im). Housing and husbandry Similar to our earlier studies (Hajszan et al., 2010, ...
Pigs with tiletamine/zolazepam alone (4.4 mg/kg) or tiletamine/zolazepam with ketamine (4.4 mg/kg and 2.2 mg/kg, respectively) could not be intubated. Intramuscular (IM) tiletamine/zolazepam and xylazine (4.4 and 2.2 mg/kg, respectively) or IM tiletamine/zolazepam, ketamine, and ...