HUMANIZAÇÃO NA RECUPERAÇÃO ANESTÉSICA DE CADELAS SUBMETIDAS À OVARIOHISTERECTOMIA ELETIVA POR MEIO DA ADAPTAÇÃO DO MÉTODO MÃE CANGURU.

Abstract

The relationship between humans and animals has been around for a long time. Animals arouse the interest, attention and affection from human being, since childhood to old age, playing an important role in their lives as pets and companionship. In view of the established ties between men and animals, it was hoped to extrapolate to Veterinary Medicine, a widely used alternative in human medicine, known as the Kangaroo Mother Method. This method was developed in Colombia as a huge transformation in how to deal with low birth weight newborns (NBWI) in an attempt to reduce mortality and offer these children the possibility to grow and develop healthier and better quality of life. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of the Kangaroo Mother Method on the anesthetic recovery of bitches submitted to elective castration surgical procedures, as well as to verify if the values of the physiological parameters of these animals presented favorable and significant variations. The experiment was developed with 20 bitches, divided into two different groups. In one of the groups, the Kangaroo Mother Method was applied, where the bitches remained in the guardian's lap during the entire period of anesthetic recovery and in the other, recovery occurred in a conventional way, with the animal lying on the thermal mattress. Physiological parameters such as heart rate, respiratory rate, rectal temperature, and mean arterial pressure were measured every 15 minutes. It was verified that the animals submitted to the Kangaroo Mother Method remained more relaxed and comfortable during the anesthetic recovery. Regarding the physiological parameters, statistically significant data were observed in the heart rate variations between the two groups. Regarding respiratory rate, rectal temperature and mean arterial pressure, no statistically significant differences were observed between the groups. It is concluded that the application of the Kangaroo Mother Method brought benefits to the animals during the anesthetic recovery process, producing a more gradual recovery and maintenance of the studied physiological parameters.