ABSTRACT

Lovebird a part of Psittacine family that has a smaller body size which has a smaller body. Anesthetic measures is for some medical procedure such as during physical examination, surgery, and sampling. Intramuscular route is more preferable than inhalation for some case for anethetic administration selected if no inhalation route is available. Anesthesia that can be used is a combination of ketamine-xylazine and ketamine-medetomidine. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of the two drug combinations. There are 9 birds that were given two different treatments. Anesthesia was injected through M. Pectoralis. The first group was P1 (ketamine-xylazine) with a dose of 40 mg/kgBB and 10 mg kgBB. Second group P2 (ketamine-medetomidine) with a dose of 5 mg/kgBB and 0.1 mg/kgBB. Heart rate, Respiration Rate, Pain Reflexes were observed every 10 minutes.. P1's onset of action is 5 minutes and P2 is 11 minutes. P1's duration is 77 minutes and P2 is 27 minutes. The P1 combination is effective for prolonged surgical procedures but has a long recovery time, suppresses respiratory arrest, and arrhythmias. P2 is effective for short examinations or surgical procedures but has a long onset of action.

Keywords :   Bird physiology, lovebird, ketamine, medetomidine, xylazine