The anti-emetic effect of acupuncture and aqua-acupuncture at PC-6 and BL-21 on the emesis by xylazine in dogs |
Duck-Soo Kim1, Jianzhu Liu1, Jung-Yeon Lee2, Myung-Cheol Kim1, Sang-Tae Shin1, Duck-Hwan Kim1 |
1College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University 2Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine |
내관(PC-6) 및 위유(BL-21)의 자침 및 수침이 xylazine을 투여한 개에 미치는 구토 억제효과 |
김덕수1, 유건주1, 이정연2, 김명철1, 신상태1, 김덕환1 |
1충남대학교 수의과대학 2오비히로 축산대학 |
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Abstract |
This study was performed to elucidate the effect of acupuncture and aqua-acupuncture in dogs. Each group was divided into control (18 dogs), PC-6 (6 dogs) and BL-21 (6 dogs) group for the antiemetic effect of acupuncture, respectively. And, the animals were divided into control (18 dogs), PC-6 (18 dogs) and BL-21 (18 dogs) group for the antiemetic effect of aqua-acupuncture with metoclopramide, respectively. 2% xylazine was injected to the all dogs to induce the emesis, and acupuncture and aqua-acupuncture treatment (0.5% metoclopramide) were applied to animals for 20 min. before xylazine injection, respectively. Emetic rates in PC-6 (33.3%) and BL-21 (16.7%) were lower than that of control group (44.4%) in acupuncture groups, respectively. Emetic rates in PC-6 (16.7%) and BL-21 (0.0%) were lower than that of control group (38.9%) in aqua-acupuncture groups, respectively. Based on these findings, it was considered that the antiemetic effects of acupuncture and aqua-puncture at BL-21 were more effective than those of PC-6 groups, and aqua-acupuncture with metoclopramide at BL-21 was the most effective among them. |
Key Words:
PC-6, BL-21, acupuncture, aqua-acupuncture, anti-emesis |
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