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Electrolytes contained in Lactated Ringer’s Solution are sodium, chloride, calcium, potassium, and lactate. Percentages in 1 litre of solution are as follows:
Sodium : 130 meq.
Chloride : 109 meq.
Calcium : 3 meq.
Potassium : 4 meq.
Lactate : 28 meq.
The lactate in Lactated Ringer’s is metabolized to bicarbonate in the liver, and may be helpful in correcting metabolic acidosis.
Metabolic : fluid and electrolyte imbalances if used inappropriately.
40mL to 80mL/kg/24 hours; IV, if animal not drinking. 10
For a 400 gm rat it would work out to be 16 to 32mL per day. If giving IP or SQ, it is recommended that it be in divided doses (example: 4 times/day) given during the day, and to be kept to approximately5 mL per site to prevent skin distention and pain. 9
Locations for giving SQ fluids are the fleshy area scruff of neck, and at right or left hind quarter.
It is also highly recommended that solution be warmed in a water bath prior to giving.
Posted on June 23, 2003, 16:18,
Last updated on June 6, 2008, 20:29
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