Effect of Xylazine Sedation on Some Haematological Indices after Chloramphenicol Pre-Treatment in Sokoto Red Goats

摘要

The effect of a single dose pre-treatment with chloramphenicol at 50 mg kg~-1 given intramuscularly on xylazine sedation was evaluated on 6 Sokoto Red goats weighing 1 l-14kg. The duration of xylazine sedation after xylazine administration at 0.2 mg kg~-1 IM alone was 83.16+-10.95 min (control), as against 129+-1.78 and 157.83+-4.99 min for the other two pre-treatments with chloramphenicol, respectively. There was a significant (p<0.05) decrease in the haemoglobin concentration for all treatments while a significant increase in the white blood cells count was observed for all treatments. Irrespective of weight variation, the goats in all exhibited the same clinical signs.