Animal euthanasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Animal euthanasia (from the Greek meaning "good death") is the act of inducing humane death in an animal. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress. In domesticated animals, ...
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Euthanasia is most often accomplished for pets by injection of a death-inducing drug. Your veterinarian may administer a tranquilizer first to relax your pet. Following injection of the euthanasia drug, your pet will immediately become deeply and irreversibly unconscious.
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First: What will you do with your pet after euthanasia? Second: Will your pet ... This can be administered at home at a directed time interval prior to the appointment or often sedation is given in the animal hospital via a painless injection under the pet's skin. After a short time the pet is relaxed and calm.
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Depending on your dog or cat the veterinarian may suggest a sedative to make the pet more relaxed and sleepy. If this is not necessary the doctor will go ahead with the euthanasia. The euthanasia is performed by an injection directly into a vein.
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The quality of life, not quanitity of life, can help the guardian determine the pet's reason for living. Euthanasia is a nearly painless process. Most veterinarians give an injection of a powerful barbiturate anesthetic that first causes the animal to become unconscious, usually within about three seconds of injection.
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The Pre-Euthanasia Options Form will give you options regarding the procedure. You will choose whether you want your pet to have a pain relief injection, a tranquilizer, "general anesthesia" or if you wish your pet to be fully awake.
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Making euthanasia pain free is as simple as insisting that your pet be anesthetized using an inhalant anesthesia prior to being given any fatal injections. A fatal injection may not even be necessary if the rat or mouse is given an overdose of the anesthesia.
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Euthanasia is defined as a pain-free or stress-free death. The IACUC has approved certain methods for humanely killing animals that meet the definition of euthanasia. ... 5 Swine <40 kg may be euthanized with CO2 in an appropriate chamber. 6 Neonatal swine may be euthanized by IP barbiturate injection.
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In pet cats, euthanasia is performed by an anaesthetic overdose injected into the vein of a foreleg. Some fur will be clipped from the foreleg first. In some cases, the vein can be difficult to locate ... In elderly or sick cats where the veins have collapsed, the injection may be made into a kidney or the heart.
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