Lumbosacral Epidural anesthesia with local anesthetics provides complete anesthesia to the caudal half of the body. Lidocaine is the most frequently used local anesthesia solution for Epidural or subarachnoid anesthesia in small ruminants. Local anesthesia is used clinically as adjuncts to light General Anesthesia in both small and large animals. In our study on thirty dogs using lumbosacral epidural anesthesia for ovariohysterectomy, there was a good analgesia and muscle relaxation in all the

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... ogs. Mean values of rectal temperature, heart rate and pulse showed decreasing trend after anesthesia till 60 minutes after that the values returned to normalcy. Significant difference was observed between systolic and diastolic blood pressure throughout the duration. *SP (O 2) showed significant differences before and at 15, 30, 45, 60 and 75 minutes after anesthesia. It was concluded that epidural anesthesia provides cheaper and easier choice for Ovariohysterectomy in dogs. Use of lignocaine as epidural anesthesia was found to be safer option for the field veterinarians engaged in Animal Birth Control Programmes.