Table 2 Mean ± standard deviation of heart rate (HR), systolic arterial blood pressure (SAP) and end-tidal isoflurane concentration (FE’ISO) recorded during anesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy treated with local infiltration with physiological saline (0.4 mL/kg; group S, n = 15), ropivacaine (1 mg/kg; group R, n = 15) and ropivacaine/meloxicam (0.2 mg/kg; group RM, n = 15)

1.10 ± 0.15

1.23 ± 0.27*

1.23 ± 023*

1.13 ± 0.14

1.0 ± 0.23

1.02 ± 0.10

1.18 ± 0.15*

1.16 ± 0.18

1.10 ± 0.20

0.96 ± 0.15

1.0 ± 0.20

0.99 ± 0.21^†

0.99 ± 0.11^†

0.95 ± 0.13^†

0.90 ± 0.17

128 ± 20

163 ± 29*

165 ± 27*

157 ± 23*

149 ± 23

127 ± 14

157 ± 27*

159 ± 31*

156 ± 29*

147 ± 30

113 ± 17

124 ± 30^†

123 ± 22^†

124 ± 26^†

120 ± 24

94 ± 24

127 ± 27*

123 ± 24*

113 ± 24*

106 ± 26

91 ± 13

123 ± 26*

126 ± 20*

110 ± 26

97 ± 22

91 ± 14

95 ± 18^†

97 ± 20^†

97 ± 23

92 ± 21