UCD Veterinary Hospital, School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Ir Vet J. 2011 Mar 31;64(1):3. doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-64-3.
Three young grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) were presented separately for fracture repair to the veterinary teaching hospital of University College Dublin. The seals were premedicated with a combination of pethidine, midazolam and atropine; anaesthesia was induced with propofol via the front flipper vein and maintained with sevoflurane or isoflurane in oxygen. One of the seals did not breathe spontaneously after anaesthesia; a cardiac arrest, resulting in death, occurred after several hours of mechanical ventilation. Post-mortem examination revealed a severe lungworm infestation and parasitic pneumonia in this animal. The two other seals recovered uneventfully from anaesthesia.
三只年轻的灰海豹(Halichoerus grypus)因骨折修复分别被送到都柏林大学兽医学院的教学医院。这些海豹预先使用哌替啶、咪达唑仑和阿托品进行了预处理;通过前鳍静脉注射异丙酚诱导麻醉,并使用七氟醚或异氟醚维持在氧气中。其中一只海豹在麻醉后无法自主呼吸;经过数小时的机械通气后,发生了心脏骤停,导致死亡。尸检显示这只动物患有严重的肺蠕虫感染和寄生虫性肺炎。另外两只海豹在麻醉后恢复顺利。