After Euthanasia After an animal is injected
with sodium pentobarbital solution, death must be verified by multiple methods before disposing of the body.
Some mice were anesthetized
with sodium pentobarbital, a common anesthetic used for taste nerve recording (Horio et al., 2011) and used in a recent study on the possible role of 5 - HT1 and 5 - HT3 in taste function (Jaber et al., 2014).
Not exact matches
On day 15, mice were euthanized
with an intraperitoneal injection of 2 mg of
sodium pentobarbital.
Sodium pentobarbital may be obtained by an animal shelter
with required federal and state permits.
«The Association of Shelter veterinarians believes that euthanasia should be performed
with an intravenous or intraperitoneal injection of
sodium pentobarbital or an equivalent euthanasia solution.
In concert
with humane organizations and veterinary associations across North America, Humane Canada considers euthanasia by injection of
sodium pentobarbital to be the preferred method.
It should always be handled
with compassion, respect, skill, and patience
with proper sedatives and the use of
sodium pentobarbital, introduced intravenously by a trained professional in a private room specifically designed for such procedures
with no other animals present.
Convinced that lethal injection by
sodium pentobarbital is more humane and less costly, Johnson worked
with animal control officer, Denise Stinson, to win approval from the city council.
This petition was urging that shelters and pounds provide basics like: veterinary care, taking measures to reunite lost animals
with owners (FYI — 5 months after their damning expose, the Berger Blanc still has no lost / founds listed on their website), mandatory sterilization of animals before adoption, euthanasia via
sodium pentobarbital by trained professionals (as opposed to gas chambers, etc).
The AVMA's new direction is more in line
with the National Animal Control Association (NACA) which in September 2010, issued the following policy statement: «NACA considers lethal injection of
sodium pentobarbital, administered by competent, trained personnel, to be the only method of choice utilized for humane euthanasia of animal shelter dogs and cats.»