Electroencephalographic patterns of clinically normal, sedated, and tranquilized newborn foals and adult horses

• Published in: American journal of veterinary research Vol. 46; no. 1; p. 36
• Main Authors: Mysinger, P.W, Redding, R.W, Vaughan, J.T, Purohit, R.C, Holladay, J.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.1985
• Subjects: Acepromazine - pharmacology; Age Factors; ANAESTHETICS; ANESTESICOS; ANESTHESIQUE; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Brain - drug effects; Brain - physiology; CABALLOS; CHEVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; Electroencephalography - veterinary; Female; FOALS; HORSES; Horses - physiology; Male; NEONATES; NEUROLEPTICOS; NEUROLEPTICS; NEUROLEPTIQUE; POTRO; POULAIN; Restraint, Physical - veterinary; Thiazines - pharmacology; Xylazine - pharmacology

To establish a clinically practical procedure for recording the equine EEG, 25 healthy adult horses and 6 newborn foals were used. Recordings were taken with the animals alert and tranquilized, confined in metal stocks, or physically restrained. The dominant alert waveforms of adult horses were fast...