The xylazine produce reliable sedative-analgesic effect when coadministered with anesthetics drugs. Thiopental sodium is a shorter duration barbituric, produced somnolence, sedation and hypnosis. The aim of this work is to verify the efficiency in association of xylazine and thiopental sodium to anesthesia in dogs. Thirty-two male mongrel dogs with an average weight between 8 and 10 kg were submitted to surgical procedure with approach of cervical aesophagus. The average dose was 3,8 mg/kg to xilazine and 7,7 mg/kg to thiopental sodium. Was not necessary endotracheal intubation and no deaths due anesthesic procedure were observed. The anesthesic procedure described is easy, safe and decreases the stress of the animal.
Anesthesia; Dogs; Xylazine; Thiopental