Malignant hyperthermia in a crossbred landrace-large white pig

Authors: Cadwallader JA, Alley MR
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 23, Issue 9, pp 207-211, Sep 1975
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Pig, Production animal
Subject Terms: Anaesthesia/analgesia/sedation, Animal remedies/veterinary medicines, Circulatory system/haematology, Syndrome, Temperature, Disease/defect, Respiratory system
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: Malignant hyperthermia is a rare and usually fatal complication of general anaesthesia. It occurs in man (Britt and Kalow, 1970) and in certain breeds of pigs, the Landrace (Hall et al 1966; Berman et al 1970; Harrison et al 1970) the Poland China (Jones et al 1972), the Pietrain (Allen et al 1970) and the Large White (Mawdesley-Thomas, 1969). The syndrome in swine may be initiated by physiological stress (Sybesma and Eikelenboom, 1969; Allen et al 1970), and in both swine and man by certain drugs which act as “triggering agents”…

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