Vetalar is a non-barbiturate, non-narcotic, dissociative anaesthetic.

Vetalar can be used alone in cats and sub-human primates for restraint or as the sole anaesthetic agent in diagnostic or minor and brief surgical procedures that do not require complete skeletal muscle relaxation.

For surgical procedures requiring muscle relaxation, Vetalar may be used in conjunction with xylazine in the cat, dog and horse, in conjunction with medetomidine in the cat and dog and in conjunction with detomidine or romifidine in the horse.

In the cat atipamezole may be used to speed recovery from Vetalar/medetomidine anaesthesia.