The effect of two surgical field antisepsis protocols on the reduction of the number of skin bacteria in bovines subjected to field reproductive surgeries was determined. Samples were taken before (M1), and after antisepsis (M2) and at the end of the surgical procedure (M3) in 12 crossbred bovines aged 12 to 24 months. Trichotomy of the operating field was performed prior to the two antisepsis protocols: 7.5% povidone-iodine and 2% Chlorhexidine Gluconate (both with 3-min contact time and 2-min contact clearance with isopropyl alcohol) and later embrocation with 1% povidone-iodine solution and 0.5% chlorhexidine solution, respectively. The skin swabs were processed by the count technique of colony forming units (CFU/ml). The bacterial load of the two protocols was analysed with the Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test for independent samples, without finding significant differences between protoco...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the ketamine-midazolam / tiletamine-zolazepam protocols on physiological parameters (respiratory rate, heart rate, partial oxygen saturation and central and peripheral temperature) in Chelonoidis carbonaria turtles subjected to routine exploratory procedures (swab rectal and buccal). Twenty turtles were randomly distributed into two groups: Group 1: ketamine + midazolam and Group 2: tiletamine + zolazepam intramuscularly. The results were evaluated according to time and treatment, as well as the time-treatment interaction. Significant differences were found between protocols for the variables of respiratory rate and heart rate (p<0.05), but not for the variables of partial oxygen saturation (Sp O2) and central and peripheral temperature (p>0.05).