	Inhalant	Dose, Route and Notes	Injectable	Dose, Route and Notes	Injectable	Dose, Route and Notes
Mouse	Isoflurane<= o:p>	1-4%, Mask = or intubation	Ketamine/xyl= azine	90-120 mg/k= g BW IP and 10 mg/kg BW IP	Ketamine/med= etomidine	75-100 mg/k= g BW IP and 1 mg/kg BW IP
Rat	Isoflurane=	1-4%, Mask or intubat= ion	= Ketamine/xylazine	40-80 mg/kg BW IP and= 5-10 mg/kg BW IP	= Ketamine/medetomidine=	75 mg/kg BW IP and 0.= 5 mg/kg BW IP
Guinea Pig **	Isoflurane=	Mask recommended=	= Ketamine/xylazine	40-120 mg/kg BW IM,SC= and 5-10 mg/kg BW IM,SC	= Telazol/xylazine/ = butorphanol	60 mg/kg BW IP and 5 = mg/kg BW IP and 0.1 mg/kg BW IP
Gerbil	Isoflurane=	Mask recommended=	= Ketamine/xylazine	50 mg/kg BW IM and 2 = mg/kg BW IM	= Ketamine/medetomidine=	75 mg/kg BW IP and 0.= 5 mg/kg BW IP
Hamster	Isoflurane=	Mask recommended=	= Ketamine/xylazine	50-150 mg/kg BW IM,SC= and 10 mg/kg BW IM,SC	_____	____
Rabbit	Isoflurane=	1-4%, intubation*	= Ketamine/xylazine	20-40 mg/kg BW IM,SC = and 3-5 mg/kg BW IM,SC	= Ketamine/medetomidine=	25-35 mg/kg BW IM and= 0.5 mg/kg BW IM
Sheep	Isoflurane=	1-4%, Intubation*	= Ketamine/xylazine	5-10 mg/kg BW IM and = 0.2 mg/kg BW IM	= Propofol For induction only	3-7 mg/kg BW IV<= /o:p> administer slowly IV<= o:p>
Cats	Isoflurane=	1-4%, Intubation*	= Propofol For induction only	3-4 mg/kg BW, administer slowly IV	= Ketamine/midazolam	10 mg/kg BW IM and 0.= 2 mg/kg BW IM
Dogs	Isoflurane=	1-4%, Intubation*	= Propofol For induction only	3-4 mg/kg BW, adminis= ter slowly IV	= Ketamine/medetomidine=	Minor procedures only= 5-7 mg/kg BW IM and 0= .03-0.04mg/kg BW IM
Ferrets	Isoflurane<= o:p>	1-4%, Intub= ation*	Ketamine/xyl= azine	20-30 mg/kg= BW IM and 4-6 mg/kg BW IM	Tiletimine/zol= azepam (Telazol)	12-22 mg/kg= BW IM
Swine<= /o:p>	Isoflurane<= o:p>	1-4%, Intub= ation*	Ketamine/xyl= azine	20 mg/kg BW= IM and 2 mg/kg BW IM =	Ketamine/mid= azolam	10-15 mg/kg= BW IM and 0.5-2.0 mg/kg BW IM

= Other anesthetics can be used. Plea= se consult with a DLAR veterinarian for further details.

*induction required can be variabl= e—mask or injectable.
** injectable recommended over inhalant.

REFERENCES=

Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, Second Edition, Richard E Fish, Marilyn J Brown, Pe= ggy J Danneman, Alicia Z Karas = (eds.) American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Series, 2008.

Formulary for Laboratory Animals, Third Edition, Compiled by C Terrance Hawk, Steven L Leary, Timothy H Morris, American Col= lege of Laboratory Animal Medicine and European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Blackwell Publishing, 2005.

Formulary for Laboratory Animals, Second Edition, Compiled by C Terrance Hawk, Steven L Leary, Timothy H Morris, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and Europe= an College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Blackwell Publishing, 1999.