Consideration of injection location in birds is not only about muscle mass, but also about the vascularization of the area. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the injection site on anesthetic effects in birds. This research was conducted on 9 birds with 2 treatments. The first treatment was Ketamine 40 mg/KgBW-Xylazine 10 mg/KgBW injected on the pectoral area. The second treatment is Ketamine 40 mg/KgBW-Xylazine 10 mg/KgBW injected on the femoral area. The drug time and Lovebird's physiological response are recorded every 10 minutes until they regain consciousness to help in determining the anesthesia stage. The research data were analyzed using the dependent T test with 95% confidence level and α<0.05. The result of this research shown that the drug injected at pectoral area is more effective in providing better anesthesia because it is able to provide more steady decreasing in heart and respiration rate. The drug injected at femoral area gives a significantly faster drug onset of action (3.11 minutes) and duration of anesthesia (41.11 minutes). The second treatment’s weakness is decrease of heart and respiration rate happened more rapid and deeper. Both treatments give good anesthesia when viewed from pain reflexes.

Keywords: femoral area, injection site, ketamine-xylazine, lovebird, pectoral area