General anesthesia of infant mice by isoflurane inhalation for medium-duration surgery

Exp Anim. 2004 Jan;53(1):63-5. doi: 10.1538/expanim.53.63.

Abstract

In this report we describe a means of general anesthesia for medium-duration (i.e., 20 to 60 min) surgery of infant mice. We tested isoflurane inhalation (2.0% isoflurane in air or oxygen during induction, and 1.5% after surgical anesthesia) anesthesia of 6-to 10-day-old C57BL/6JJcl mice and obtained safe, effective, and reproducible results.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General / veterinary*
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / administration & dosage*
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Isoflurane / administration & dosage*
  • Mice
  • Oxygen

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Isoflurane
  • Oxygen