Epidural Anaesthesia
Cattle
- Injection site - Sacrococcygeal space
- Sacrococcygeal space in located by moving the tail up and down and feeling for depression between the last sacrum and and first Coccygeal vertebra.
- Clipping and surgical preparation of the injection site.
- Placement of a needle 18G , of one and half inch in size is used . The needle is inserted into the site at an angle of 450 . The hub of the needle should be angled slightly posteriorly. The correct placement of the needle is tested by gauging the ease with which the plunger can be compressed.
- Injection of the anesthetic solution should be done easily with minimal resistance
- Drug commonly used is 2% lignocaine
![Epidural anaesthesia Epidural anaesthesia](http://14.139.56.154:82/file.php/186/Topic-2/Epidural_anaesthesia.jpg)
Indications
- To prevent defecation reflex during correction of dystocia
- To prevent straining during correction of dystocia
- To produce loss of sensation around the perineum
Dose
- Posterior epidural block- 3-5 ml
- In posterior epidural anaesthesia of the regions around the perineum,vulva and tail are obtained
- Anterior epidural block 6-10 ml
- In anterior epidural block anaesthesia of the regions up to the paralumbar fossa are obtained
Goat
- Injection site -Sacrococcygeal space
- Drug commonly used is 2% lignocaine - 1-2 ml
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Dog
- Injection site - Lumbo Sacral space
- Drug commonly used is 2% lignocaine - 0.5 -1ml
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