... anaesthesia was induced and main-tained with diazepam (Stesolid®, Alpharma,Stockholm, Sweden) and ketamine (Ketalar®,Pfizer Inc., Täby, Sweden) with the additionalintramuscular administration of ... Stock-holm, Sweden) after clipping, washing with soap and water, rinsing with water and sterilis-ing the anterior midradial aspect of the foreleg with alcohol. Biochemical and hematologicalanalyses were ... Denmark) and maintained by inhalationanaesthesia with isoflurane (Isoba vet®, Scher-ing-Plough Inc., Farum, Denmark), N2O and O2. In the remaining two pyometra bitches (P2,P9) general anaesthesia...