The FDA believes the small amount of pentobarbital doesn't cause problems, but some vets disagree.
Not exact matches
States have traditionally relied on the painkillers sodium thiopental and
pentobarbital in a bid to ensure that inmates die in a way that
does not run afoul of the Constitution's 8th Amendment, which prohibits acts of «cruel and unusual punishment».
In WT animals, responses to all tastants except 5 mm quinine were larger under urethane anesthesia than with
pentobarbital (Fig. 7B, Table 4), but this difference in response magnitude with anesthetic
did not occur in the KO mice (Fig. 7C, Table 4), with the exception of sucrose.
You can ask your veterinarian to
do this or, if your local shelter uses an injection of sodium
pentobarbital, take the cats there.»
Choose a shelter which checks out prospective homes carefully, requires sterilization,
does not give animals to research institutions or guard dog companies and if euthanasia becomes necessary, uses a painless sodium
pentobarbital injection intravenously.