Many articles on anesthesia in llamas have been published Xylazme, combined with ketamine is the most frequently used injectable anesthetic protocol and it warrants an effective and reliable anesthesia to perform short procedures The use of other (alpha(2)-agonists is far less documented in the literature
A study was carried out to evaluate and compare the anesthetic and cardiorespiratory effects of intramuscular medetomidine-ketamine and dexmedetomidine-ketamine in llamas The induction of anesthesia, cardiorespiratory parameters and the recovery time were similar in both groups However, during recovery, significantly more ataxia was observed in the llamas that received medetomidine than in the llamas that received dexmedetomidin
