Acute changes in serum iron concentrations in anesthetized healthy horses.
Veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia 2025 Monica Midon, Stuart C Clark-Price, Hui-Chu Lin et al.
To determine if serum iron concentrations decrease acutely during and after general anesthesia in healthy horses. Prospective experimental study. A convenience sample of 24 healthy adult horses (eight females, 16 geldings), weighing 545 ± 33 kg (mean ± standard deviation). Horses were anesthetized for 120 minutes with isoflurane, after premedication with intravenous (IV) xylazine (0.8 mg kg-1)...