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Anaesthesia of the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) using continuous intravenous infusion of
G Whelan1, M F James, N A Samson
1SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Harlow, Essex, UK.
Laboratory Animals
|April 12, 2000
Abstract:
A safe means of anaesthetizing common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) for a study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate cerebral ischaemia was required. Continuous infusion of alphaxalone/alphadalone was used to anaesthetize 37 marmosets for non-recovery and recovery experiments. This was found to give safe, reliable anaesthesia when coupled with pulse oximetry and electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring.