The last severe course - to sleep

The decision to put a cat through pain, disability or life without life to redeem, is never easy. One would be his friend a long life, but he did avoid unnecessary suffering. Since our animals may not indicate how much life will still stuck in them and just cats masters in hiding pain, the timing for this decision incredibly hard. Neither can a decision this fall, not even the veterinarian.

Is the decision for euthanasia but ultimately dropped, there are a few points on which we should be informed beforehand. These include the choice of the right agent.

Eutha77

For Vetion will put a cat described as follows:

Possibilities of sedation: ketamine (10mg/kg KM) and acepromazine (0.1 mg / kg KM) in a mixing syringe (in).

Ideally intravenous injection of barbiturates (especially pentobarbital, at least 66mg/kg KM). The advance deeper injection of a Neuroleptikums (acetyl, Propionylpromazin, 1mg/kg iv) the occurrence of helping to prevent Exzitationen. If no intravenous injection is possible, a barbiturate injected intramuscularly.

After a short waiting period follows the intravenous, or possibly a intracardiale intraperitoneal Barbituratinjektion. It should be noted that a subsequent pathological examination in this area is no longer possible. The intracardiale Injekton comes with a 4cm long disposable needle (1.2 × 38mm, pink) between the 5th and 6 The rib on the right chest wall in the amount of Rippenfuge (ie at the cat standing just above the elbow hump) made. To facilitate finding the point of the 13th Rib to count backwards.

In this article, the use of barbiturates, the so-called pentobarbital, described below. Pentobarbital, under the trade name Eutha77 or Esconarkon available. Before the gift of barbiturates Neuroleptikum can be administered in order to avoid Eregungszustände. It should be noted that the effect of sedatives the central nervous system from the anesthesia means slower reached and the death phase will be extended. The barbiturate will be administered twice: once intravenously (into a vein) or intramuscularly (into a muscle) and a second time intravenously, intracardial (the heart) or intraperitoneal (in the abdominal cavity). The animal quickly falls into a deep sleep, during warm-blooded quickly, painlessly and without reflexlos and Exzitationen in the death by cardiac and respiratory arrest goes on.

T61

Another means that in the euthanasia of animals used and the very controversial, is T61, which is a combination of different drug substances.

1. Embutramid occurs through the blood-brain barrier and cause a long and deep hypnosis and is very strong dampening effect on the respiratory center in the brainstem.
2. The drug combination contained Mebezonium muscle relaxant effect on the motor end plate a Dauerdepolarisation. Depending on the dose are inserted first the limbs, then the torso and respiratory muscle paralysis.
3. Tetracaine is a local anesthetic and prevents a local pain reaction.

Through this combination should be an immediate loss of consciousness, respiratory and cardiac arrest caused. The problem with this mixture of different substances, however, is that the effect in the correct order will need to use. T61 should always be administered intravenously. Intrapulmonal and intracardiac T61 should only unconscious (narkotisierte) animals to be administered to an under adverse circumstances possible choking conscious excluded.

Animals that are conscious, can be found on the application of T 61 with Erstickungsanfällen, anxiety, pain, severe discomfort, agonizing According Exzitationen comments and respond, especially under adverse Resorptionsbedingungen (moribund animals, Ap-plikationsfehler, pulmonary application).

Therefore, must always T61 (for security even when intravenous injection) in connection with a previous anesthesia used.

Conclusion

Basically, the use of T61 discouraged. That means the election should be Eutha77. Reports that a humane killing Eutha 77 with serious complications expired, could in no case be documented and presented it to either out of confusion or it was a deliberate false statement. (Source: http://www.pferde-euthanasie.de/mittel.html)

I wish all of which deal with this sad topic have much strength!

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