G.A. Mohamed1, A.A. Sanhouri1, R.O. Ramadan2 and A.A. Almubarak2
1Division of Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan and
2Department of Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources,
King Faisal University, Alhasa, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
Eight male camels were subjected to clinical examination to ensure their healthy status and parasitic free. Normal sampling day started at 8:30 a.m. and lasted at 3:30 p.m. and it served as control day. Another day the animals were fasted for 24 hours to resemble the fasting during anaesthesia. Propofol @ 2 mg kg-1 injected via an indwelling intravenous catheter. Sampling procedures include pre-injection, served as base line values, during anaesthesia more frequent sampling were carried out, followed by the recovery time. The same sampling protocols followed for the other anaesthetic regimes (propofol 2 mg kg-1xylazine 0.25 mg kg-1 and propofol 2 mg kg-1xylazine 0.25 mg kg-1diazepam 0.25 mg kg-1).
A significant variation was observed in both cortisol and glucose values (P<0.01) of these anaesthetic regimes, on the other hand the recovery time from anaesthesia showed the highest Cortisol and glucose values compared with the base line values (pre-injection) and the anaesthesia time.
Key words: Camel, cortisol, diazepam, glucose, propofol, xylazine
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