Effect of Ketamine-Xylazine Anesthesia on Some Hematological and Serum Biochemical Values of Bozova Greyhounds

The combination of ketamine HCl and xylazine HCl has been used to immobilize numerous wild and domestic carnivores. The aim of this study was to determined heamotological and biochemical effects of xylazine-ketamine anesthesia on Bozova greyhounds. In this study the anesthetic effects of the ketamine and xylazine were investigated in 8 greyhounds which were in different age, body weight and sex. The animals were injected with the ketamine (10 mg/kg) and xylazine (1 mg/kg) intramuscularly. Heamotological and biochemical findings were recorded before and during anesthesia. The study show that there were no significant differences between before and during anesthesia heamotological and biochemical effects of xylazine-ketamine anesthesia on Bozova greyhounds except increase of glucose, CK and desrease of TP, TRG. In this study; results demonstrated that the combinations of ketamine and xylazine can be used in practice as anesthetics in Bozova greyhounds.