Use of xylocaine, potentiated with sodium bicarbonate, as an anaesthetic for fry and juveniles of Acumara, Algansea lacustris Steindachner 1895, from Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico

Citation

Rivera Lopez H, Orbe Mendoza A & Ross L (1991) Use of xylocaine, potentiated with sodium bicarbonate, as an anaesthetic for fry and juveniles of Acumara, Algansea lacustris Steindachner 1895, from Lake Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. Aquaculture Research, 22 (1), pp. 15-18.

Abstract
The effectiveness of xylocaine anaesthesia, potentiated with sodium bicarbonate, was investigated on the altiplano cyprinid, Algansea lacustris Steindachner. The drug gave excellent sedation, handling and recovery and was effective at doses between 50 and 300 mg/l in 1 g/l sodium bicarbonate.

Journal
Aquaculture Research: Volume 22, Issue 1

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Professor Lindsay Ross

Emeritus Professor, Institute of Aquaculture