Abstract
This study compared the onset of neural blockade, onset and duration of analgesia and duration of recumbency produced in five healthy West African Dwarf (WAD) goats by the lumbo-sacral epidural injections of a mixture of 2mg/kg lignocaine 2% solution and 0.95mg/kg bupivacaine 0.5% solution (LBM) and 4mg/kg lignocaine 2% solution. Associated changes in heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR) and rectal temperature (RT) were recorded at 10-min intervals in the initial 1 hour. The onset of neural blockade with LBM (9.6±2.7 min) was significantly (p 0.05) in the physiological parameters between the two groups. It was concluded that epidurally administered LBM had a slower onset of neural blockade but longer onset of analgesia, duration of analgesia and duration of recumbency than with LIG in diazepam-sedated goats. The epidural blockade also produced insignificant changes in the mean HR, RR, and RT responses of the experiment to both drug protocols. Keywords : Bupivacaine, Epidural, Goats, Lignocaine; Loco-regional, Sedation
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