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DISTAL PARAVERTEBRAL NERVE BLOCK EFFECTS ON WEST AFRICAN DWARF GOAT HEMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY Olaifa, a.k., olatunji-akioye, a.o. and agbaje, l.o. Department of Veterinary Surgery and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: Dr. Adenike O. Olatunji-Akioye, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria E-mail:
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ABSTRACT
Distal paravertebral nerve block is commonly used in the goat as a method of choice for surgical restraint. This study highlights the response to distal paravertebral nerve block using lignocaine HCl in combination with adrenaline in WAD goat Its effects on haematology and physiology were investigated in twelve adult male and female WAD goats that were injected with 6ml of 2% lignocaine HCl, and 2ml deposited at each intervertebral space to block the spinal nerves of the thirteenth thoracic and first and second lumbar vertebrae. The onset and duration of analgesia was assessed. Haematological parameters were measurred at baseline (T0), thirty minutes into analgesia (T30), immediately the analgesia waned (Ti), and 24 hours post-analgesia. The onset of analgesia was 2 ± 1minutes and it lasted for 70± 3minutes. The results of physiological values showed a statistically significant (p
