Table 4.

Anesthetic drug dosages

Procedure	Initial Anesthetic Drugs	Rescue Anesthetic Drugs	Adjunct Analgesics	Reversal
Cat OVH	Dexmedetomidine: 20 mcg/kg IM Ketamine: 8 mg/kg IM Hydromorphone: 0.1 mg/kg IM	Alfaxalone 1 mg/kg IM or Dexmedetomidine 5mcg/kg + ketamine 4 mg/kg IM	Meloxicam: 0.3 mg/kg SQ	Atipamezole 0.05 mg/kg IM
Cat Castration	Dexmedetomidine: 15 mcg/kg Ketamine: 5 mg/kg Hydromorphone: 0.05 mg/kg	Alfaxalone 1 mg/kg IM or Dexmedetomidine 5mcg/kg + ketamine 4 mg/kg IM	Meloxicam: 0.3 mg/kg SQ	Atipamezole 0.05 mg/kg IM
Dog OVH	Dexmedetomidine: 15 mcg/kg IM Ketamine: 7–10 mg/kg IM Hydromorphone: 0.1 mg/kg IM	Alfaxalone 1 mg/kg IV	Meloxicam: 0.2 mg/kg SQ	Atipamezole 0.1 mg/kg IM
Dog Castration	Dexmedetomidine: 15 mcg/kg IM Ketamine: 5–7 mg/kg IM Hydromorphone: 0.1 mg/kg IM	Alfaxalone 1 mg/kg IV	Meloxicam: 0.2 mg/kg SQ	Atipamezole 0.1 mg/kg IM

Alfaxalone, Alfaxan, 10 mg/ml, Jurox, Rutherford, NSW, Australia

Atipamezole; 5 mg/ml, Pfizer Animal Health, NY, NY, 10017

Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride, 500 mcg/ml; Pfizer Animal Health, NY, NY, 10017

Hydromorphone HCL, 1 mg/ml, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield IL

Ketamine; 100 mg/ml, Fort Dodge Animal Health, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 50,501

Meloxicam 5 mg/ml, (Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, St Joseph MO 64506