The aim of this work was to evaluate how inhalation anesthesia with sevoflurane alters physiological parameters of pregnant bitches. Nine mixed breed bitches with mean age of 3 year-old were submitted to the same anesthetic procedure in two different moments: the first one envolving non-pregnant bitches and the second one 45 day pregnant bitches. All bitches received acepromazine (0,05mg kg-1) intravenously as premedication, propofol (5mg kg-1) by the same way and sevoflurane diluted in oxygen. The variables measured were: heart rate and respiratory rate, systolic, mean and diastolic blood pressure, rectal temperature, end-tidal carbon dioxide pressure, oxyhemoglobin saturation, pH, oxygen tension, carbon dioxide tension, bicarbonate and base excess. The parameters were evaluated before (M0) and 15 minutes after tranquilization (M1), 15 minutes after parameters stabilization of inhalation anesthesia (M2) and every 15 minutes during 60 minutes (M3, M4, M5, M6), except pH and blood gas values which were measured before tranquilization (M0), 15 minutes after parameters stabilization (M2) and at 60 minutes of anesthesia (M6). The heart rate increased in the pregnant bitch before and 15 minutes after tranquilization and there was blood pressure and rectal temperature decrease. The statistical evaluation used were Analysis of Variance and Tukey‘s test (P<0,05). These results allowed the conclusion that the anesthetic protocol didn’t change the variables measured, which can be employed safely in case of surgical and/or anesthetic procedure in 45 day pregnant bitches.
inhalation anesthesia; sevoflurane; bitches; pregnancy
