Twenty dogs for the surgical-anaesthetic routine of the Veterinary Hospital of Federal University of Santa Maria - Brazil were divided in two groups, I and II, and submitted to neuromuscular block with atracurium besylate 0.5mg/kg (I) or alcuronium chloride 0.1mg/kg (II). Ventilometry. heart rate and the time for reversion of the blockage were evaluated in group I. Reversal of relaxation in group II was carried with neostigmine preceded by atropine. The results demonstrated a reduction in tidal volume for both groups in the reversion of the blockage, with statistical significance between the groups 20 minutes after reversion. Reduction in heart rate was detected after induction at 30 minutos after established the muscle relaxation. The mean time of neuromuscular blockage with atracurium besylate was 49.07 ± 12.67 minutes.
dog; neuromuscular blockage; atracurium besylate; alcuronium chloride
