Veterinary Guidelines for Anesthetics: Dogs
Green text is the recommended dose
Premedication
- Acepromazine 0.05 mg/kg (3 mg max) + hydrophorphone 0.1 mg/kg +/- atropine 0.04 mg/kg IM, SC
- Acepromazine 0.05 mg/kg + morphine 0.5 mg/kg +/- glycopyrrolate 0.01 mg/kg IM, SC
- Dexmedetomidine 2-5 ug/kg + hydromorphone 0.1 mg/kg +/- atropine 0.04 mg/kg IM, SC
- Xylazine 0.2-1 mg/kg + hydromorphone 0.1 mg/kg +/- atropine 0.04 mg/kg IM, SC
Induction
- Ketamine 5-10 mg/kg + diazepam 0.5 mg/kg IV
- Propofol 3-6 mg/kg IV (pre-oxygenation 5 min)
- Thiopental 10-15 mg/kg IV
- Etomidate 1-2 mg/kg IV
- Fentanyl 5-20 ug/kg + diazepam 0.5 mg/kg IV
- Telazol 2-4 mg/kg IV
Maintenance
- Isoflurane 1.5-4% (MAC 1.3%)
- Propofol CRI (continuous rate infusion) 5-20 mg/kg/hr IV
Analgesics
- Morphine 0.3-0.5 mg/kg IM, SC, IV q 4-6 hr; CRI 0.1-0.3 mg/kg/hr; epidural 0.1 mg/kg
- Buprenorphine 0.005-0.02 mg/kg IM, SC, IV q 6-12 hr
- Butorphanol 0.1-0.4 mg/kg IM, SC, IV q 2-4 hr
- Meperidine 3-5 mg/kg SC q 2-4 hr
- Hydromorphone bolus 0.05-2 (0.1) mg/kg; CRI 0.01-0.03 mg/kg/hr q 4-6 hr
- Fentanyl 2-10 ug/kg bolus q 30 min; CRI 3-10 ug/kg/hr; fentanyl patch
- Naloxone (opioid antagonist) 0.002-0.02 mg/kg IV
- Lidocaine infiltration 2-4 mg/kg (lasts 2-4 hr); bolus 1-4 mg/kg IV; CRI 30-50 ug/kg/min
- Bupivacaine infiltration 1-2 mg/kg (lasts 4-6 hr)
- Ketamine 0.5-2 mg/kg bolus; 0.2-2 mg/kg/hr
- NSAIDs
- Carprofen 2-4 mg/kg SC, IM, IV q 12-24 hr
- Meloxicam 0.1-0.2 mg/kg IV, SC q 24 hr
- Ketoprofen 2 mg/kg IV, SC, IM q 24 hr
Updated October 2010
