Comparison of Two Doses of Ropivacaine Hydrochloride for Lumbosacral Epidural Anaesthesia in Goats Undergoing Laparoscopy Assisted Embryo Transfer

Table 1

Comparative physiological values (mean ± S.E) up to -150 in goats injected two doses of ropivacaine HCl as lumbosacral epidural anaesthetic.

	Group	Time
		-0	-1	-15	-30	-45	-60	-90	-120	-150
Rectal temperature (°F)	I	101.66 ± 0.16	102.33 ± 0.37^a	102.11 ± 0.33^a	102.11 ± 0.33^a	101.95 ± 0.30^a	101.93 ± 0.30^a	101.46 ± 0.30	101.53 ± 0.31	101.81 ± 0.22
	II	101.91 ± 0.17	103.30 ± 0.24^b	103.20 ± 0.28^b	103.20 ± 0.22^b	103.18 ± 0.20^b	103.04 ± 0.24^b	102.65 ± 0.45	102.20 ± 0.24	N.D
Respiration rate; (breaths/min)	I	23.88 ± 1.97	36.66 ± 12.75	38.33 ± 12.48	40.83 ± 11.71	36.66 ± 10.10	39.66 ± 11.10	31.33 ± 10.55	31.66 ± 8.92	33.00 ± 9.51
	II	24.50 ± 2.75	43.33 ± 8.58	47.00 ± 8.35	44.33 ± 4.20	42.66 ± 3.78	33.20 ± 2.15	28.00 ± 0.00	26.00 ± 0.00	N.D
Heart rate (beats/min)	I	68.00 ± 6.92^A	78.16 ± 5.96^BC	82.33 ± 7.27^BC	88.66 ± 4.75^BC	86.66 ± 4.21^aBC	95.33 ± 11.56^C	80.66 ± 2.17^BC	77.00 ± 2.90^BC	76.00 ± 4.13^BC
	II	68.33 ± 5.90^A	68.00 ± 8.26^A	77.00 ± 7.99^A	71.00 ± 9.48^A	69.00 ± 7.81^bA	72.20 ± 11.56^A	75.00 ± 14.00^A	76.00 ± 8.40^A	N.D

Figures with different superscript (small letters) differ significantly between the groups.
Figures with different superscript (capital letters) differ significantly between time intervals within the groups.
N.D: not determined.