on the blood profile in the green iguana (Iguana iguana)

The underestimation of painful conditions in rep-tiles may result in serious health deterioration or even in the death of patients in the perioperative and postoperative period. Commonly occurring painful conditions in lizards include pododerma-titis, periodontal inflammation, arthritis, spond-ylitis, osteomyelitis, and articular gout (Redrobe, 2004). Recent references stress a need for the pain control in reptiles in addition to anaesthesia (Redrobe, 2004; Kirchgessner, 2006; Schumacher and Yelen, 2006). Many sources dealing with sur-gery, anaesthesia and analgesia in reptiles mention substances commonly used in mammalian specie