Comparison Of Efficacy Of Meloxicam, Ketoprofen And Carprofen As Postoperative Pain Management Agents In Clinical Canine Orthopaedic Surgery

Authors

  • J.J. Ranpariya Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat - 388 001
  • D.R. Barvalia Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat - 388 001
  • N.R. Padaliya Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat - 388 001
  • C.B. Javia Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat - 388 001

Keywords:

Canine orthopaedic, Ketoprofen, Carprofen, Meloxicam, Pain management

Abstract

The present clinical study was carried out on 18 dogs presented to Veterinary College Hospital with various orthopaedic conditions. They were randomly divided into three groups each of 6 animals to compare analgesic efficacy of meloxicam, ketoprofen and carprofen in post-operative orthopaedic pain management. Dogs of group I, received meloxicam @ 0.2 mg/kg b.wt. i/m once followed by oral dose 24 hourly, group II ketoprofen @ 1.5 mg/kg b.wt. i/m once daily and group III carprofen @ 4 mg/kg b.wt. orally 12 hourly, as analgesics for 5 days. Result revealed that in canine orthopaedic cases meloxicam was the best followed by ketoprofen and carprofen. 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2013-06-20

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2013): The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology (IJVSBT) (Jul- Sep) 2013

Section

Articles

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Ranpariya, J., Barvalia, D., Padaliya, N., & Javia, .C. (2013). Comparison Of Efficacy Of Meloxicam, Ketoprofen And Carprofen As Postoperative Pain Management Agents In Clinical Canine Orthopaedic Surgery . Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology, 9(1), 38–40. Retrieved from https://acspublisher.com/journals/index.php/ijvsbt/article/view/3131