PROPOFOL ANAESTHESIA IN DONKEYS IN COMBINATION WITH XYLAZINE Ismail, S.F ; Abd Al‐Galil, A.S.A and Gehan, B.A.Youssef Dept. of Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Benha University.Egypt. P.O.13736 Drgehan222@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study was aimed to identify the anesthetic effects of propofol as intravenous anesthetic solution in donkeys with other anesthetic and analgesic agents (xylazine), on heart rate, respiratory rate and the temperature, and also its effects on blood parameters blood pictures, liver and kidney function testes. The present study was carried out on Fifteen donkeys (of both sexes), collected from the suburban of kalyobia governorates were used as an experimental model . using xylazine before propofol, it characterized by sedative action and the induction of the anesthesia was more rapid and the animals showed no excitation, with decrease in the respiratory rate. The recovery was rapid and smooth with no complications.