Comparative Medicine

Veterinary Guidelines for Anesthetics: Nonhuman Primates

Anticholinergics



Muscle Relaxants (macaques & baboons)



Tranquilizers



Dissociative Anesthesia (macaques & baboons)



Dissociative Anesthesia (squirrel monkeys)



Barbiturates *



Opioids



Local Anesthesia



Analgesics

*Pretreatment with ketamine will reduce the thiobarbiturate dose needed.



References

  1. Popilskis SJ and Kohn DF. Anesthesia and analgesia in nonhuman primates. In: Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, Kohn DF et. al.Eds. Academic Press, New York. NY. pp. 234-254. 1997.
  2. Bernacky BJ, et. al. Nonhuman primates. In: Laboratory Animal Medicine 2nd Edition, Fox JG, et. al. Eds. Academic Press, New York, NY. pp. 676-777. 2002.
  3. Flecknell PA and Waterman-Pearson A. Pain Management in Animals. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, PA. 2002.
  4. Flecknell PA. Clinical experience with NSAIDs in macaques. In: Laboratory Primate Newsletter, Schrier JE Ed. pg 4. Jan 2005

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