Heard D J
Zoological Medicine Service, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2001 Jan;4(1):83-117, vii. doi: 10.1016/s1094-9194(17)30053-1.
Successful reptile anesthesia requires patience, planning, and understanding of normal anatomy and physiology in health and disease. Reptiles make good anesthetic patients because of their physiologic resilience. New drugs that are not only safe and efficacious, but also result in relatively short recovery times, have greatly enhanced the design of anesthetic regimens. Further studies are required to quantitatively evaluate the physiologic effects of drugs used and validate available monitoring modalities for use in a wide variety of reptiles.
