From the earliest adoption of human techniques, equipment and drugs into veterinary medicine, to the development of Alfaxan Multidose injectable anesthetic, veterinarians have worked to make surgical procedures safer, more effective and more pain-free. Here is list developments throughout the history of veterinary medicine, many of which are in use today.
1804
1816
1832
1842
1846
1848
1863
1884
1898
First spinal anesthesia with cocaine
1904
Phenobarbital
Synthesized
1922
1928
1930
Sodium thiopental
Discovered
1933
1946
1950
1951
Halothane
Synthesized
1952
1960
1962
1962
1964
Etomidate
Developed (US market 1983)
1969
1970
1975
1976
1977
1979
1980
ACVAA (American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia)
Full accreditation
1990
1999
1999
2000
Alfaxan is released to the Australian Veterinary market
2014
Alfaxan is released to the United States of America Veterinary market
2018
Alfaxan Multidose released in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Canada and Europe