Jessie A. Acorda, John P. Fragata, and Conrado A. Valdez
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
University of the Philippines Los Baños
doi.org/10.57043/transnastphl.1997.5950
Abstract
The effectivity of conventional acupuncture analgesia using needles inserted at Acupoints 26 and 31 was compared to anesthesia induced by xylazine-ketamine for right flank exploratory laparotomy in ten sheep. Acupuncture stimulation produced surgical analgesia comparable to that induced by xylazine-ketamine combination in five out of six sheep. Respiratory and hearts rates were stable, and white blood cell and differential white blood counts were higher in sheep under acupuncture analgesia, compared to the xylazine-ketamine group. The results show that acupuncture analgesia can be used as an alternative to xylazine-ketamine anesthesia in the performance of abdominal surgeries.