Equine postanesthetic myopathy: production of lactates by the compressed muscles in the horse anesthetized by halothane
Serteyn, D.; Lavergne, L.; Mottart, E.; Philippart, C.; Lamy, M.
Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde 129(1): 19-22
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7281 PMID: 3823829 Document Number: 289300
Both brachial veins of halothane-anaesthetised horses were catheterised using long catheters. Variations of blood lactate were observed when the horses were positioned in dorsal recumbency after a prolonged lateral recumbency period. In the beginning of the dorsal recumbency, in the dependent leg, a significant rise of blood lactate production was measured in the horses with postanaesthetic myositis. BLood lactates were liberated from ischaemic muscular tissues when perfusion was reestablished.