Indian J Pharm Close
 

Figure 1: Time of the onset of anesthesia in male and female turtles according to the anesthetic drug combinations (*P < 0.001). Time of the onset of anesthesia in male (red bar) and female (blue bar) turtles after administration of the following drug combinations: 120 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride (5%) and 2 mg/kg diazepam (5%), 120 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride (5%) and 1 mg/kg acepromazine (1%), and 120 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride (5%) and 1 mg/kg xylazine (2%). Statistical analysis was performed using one-way analysis of variance followed by t-tests (*P < 0.001)

Figure 1: Time of the onset of anesthesia in male and female turtles according to the anesthetic drug combinations (*<i>P</i> < 0.001). Time of the onset of anesthesia in male (red bar) and female (blue bar) turtles after administration of the following drug combinations: 120 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride (5%) and 2 mg/kg diazepam (5%), 120 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride (5%) and 1 mg/kg acepromazine (1%), and 120 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride (5%) and 1 mg/kg xylazine (2%). Statistical analysis was performed using one-way analysis of variance followed by t-tests (*<i>P</i> < 0.001)