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Abstract
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Safe and effective sedation methods are as much momentous for small birds as for other
animals not only for surgical procedures but also for safe handling and diagnostic and
clinical procedures such as radiography, wound dressing, blood collection, and fracture
repair procedures. This study intended to conduct a clinical evaluation of sedation efficacy
in the intranasal administration of acepromazine in Pigeons. Thirty healthy adult
domesticated Pigeons of both sexes, weighing 311.33 ± 24.46 grams were used in this
study. They were randomly segregated into three groups (n = 10/group). Acepromazine
0.5 mg/kg, Acepromazine 1 mg/kg, and diazepam 5 mg/kg were administered intranasally
respectively in these three groups; using a micropipette. The onset time and duration of
sedation time were measured and recorded. Also, heart rate and blood oxygen saturation
before drug administration and after sedation time were measured and recorded. There
was no statistically significant difference in heart rate and blood oxygen saturation
between groups (p ˃ 0.05), but this study showed that intranasal drug administration
could provide fast and reliable sedation in Pigeons, and also intranasal diazepam
administration made the fast onset of sedation but acepromazine administration (at the
dose of 1 mg/kg) can provide long and adequate sedation (p < 0.05). So, for long-time
diagnostic therapeutic procedures utilization of acepromazine is recommended.
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