Prolongation of pentobarbital anesthesia by chloramphenicol in dogs and cats
Adams, H.R.; Dixit, B.N.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 156(7): 902-905
1970
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 5441899 Document Number: 21136
Concurrent i/m or i/v administration of therapeutic doses of chloramphenicol (CHPC) significantly prolonged the duration of pentobarbitone anaesthesia in dogs and cats. When CHPC was administered i/v to dogs immediately before the injection of pentobarbitone, the mean duration of anaesthesia in CHPC-treated dogs was 120% longer than in control dogs. When CHPC was administered i/v to cats 10 min. after the injection of pentobarbitone, the mean duration of anaesthesia in CHPC-treated cats was 260% longer than in control cats.