Anesthesia maintenance can be accomplished with various combinations of volatile inhalational agents; intravenous opioids, propofol, and ketamine have all been used successfully. Short- or intermediate-acting muscle relaxants may be used if necessary but ideally only when the patient does not tolerate po...
Inhalational anesthetics are affected by hypothermia by increasing their solubility but not slowing their potency. They also reduce the intensity of shivering, as a mechanism to conserve heat. It has not been proven, whether that hypothermic patients may take longer to recover from anesthesia because...
The cats are humanely trapped, kept covered in a climate controlled area until time for their surgeries, and then monitored for 24 hours while they recover from the anesthesia. Once ready, they are released in the same location where they were trapped. This program has provided spay/neuter ...