Effect of Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation on Depth of Anaesthesia during and after Isoflurane Anaesthesia in Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita galerita)
Table 1
Mean ± SD values for heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), respiratory rate (RR), temperature (), and time taken for reflexes to appear in 6 sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita galerita) inhaling 3.0% isoflurane subjected to 5 identical runs of spontaneous ventilation (SV) anaesthesia.
SV run
HR (beats/min)
BP (mmHg)
RR (breaths/min)
T (°C)
Time for return of reflex (s)
Righting
Body jerk
Shivering
Beak reflex
Eye reflex
(i)
245 ± 58
186 ± 31
49 ± 35
40 ± 0.6
148 ± 40
108 ± 33 ()
0
126 ± 33 ()
170 ± 57 ()
(ii)
247 ± 49
184 ± 35
43 ± 30
40 ± 0.6
163 ± 43
143 ± 55 ()
186 ± 70 ()
132 ± 33 ()
172 ± 59 ()
(iii)
227 ± 37
184 ± 30
39 ± 23
39 ± 0.4
160 ± 27
130 ()
168 ± 45 ()
145 ± 35 ()
154 ± 14 ()
(iv)
223 ± 39
183 ± 35
34 ± 19
39 ± 0.6
179 ± 35
135 ± 24 ()
176 ± 56 ()
129 ± 21 ()
174 ± 16 ()
(v)
229 ± 32
182 ± 37
36 ± 25
39 ± 0.7
188 ± 97
120 ± 9 ()
132 ± 4 ()
134 ± 30
158 ± 86 ()
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of birds where the reflex was observed.
