A simple method of oral endotracheal intubation in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

A rabbit to be intubated was anesthetized with a volatile inhalation anesthetic using a face mask and placed in an outstretched prone position. The head was tilted back to the vertical position and a lubricated, straight, endotracheal tube inserted through the mouth into the trachea during inspiration. This procedure was used successfully and repeatedly in 118 rabbits.