Research Article

Effect of Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation on Depth of Anaesthesia during and after Isoflurane Anaesthesia in Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita galerita)

Table 6

Mean ± SD for time it took for the righting (recovery) reflex to appear after spontaneous (SV) or intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) in 6 sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita galerita) after 1.5% or 3.0% isoflurane anaesthesia.

Respiration type Appearance of righting reflex (s)
1.5 % isoflurane3.0% isoflurane

SV96 ± 28135 ± 45
IPPV-6114 ± 46184 ± 37
SV128 ± 32182 ± 52
IPPV-12195 ± 26371 ± 132
SV183 ± 87228 ± 104