Simple Summary Castration and disbudding, common husbandry procedures used in cattle
livestock production industries, are recognized as being painful. In the United States (US) …

Castration is a routine procedure performed on beef and dairy operations in the United
States. All methods of castration cause behavioral, physiologic, and neuroendocrine …

Simple Summary The pain caused by surgical procedures performed routinely for managing
livestock husbandry is recognised as a significant animal welfare issue for food security. In …

Background Castration is a husbandry practice raising important questions on the welfare
and physiological status of farm animals. Searching for effective castration methods that …

There are various methods to perform castration of cattle, but surgical castration is the most
common. Although it is well documented that surgical procedures inflict pain, analgesic use …

Objective To investigate the mitigating effects of administration of local anaesthetic or
systemic meloxicam on the electroencephalographic (EEG) and cardiovascular responses …

Simple Summary Surgical castration of cattle is a common husbandry procedure, and
although this procedure is known to cause pain in cattle and other species, in some …

Evidence of pain perception in fish is well established, but analgesic use in aquaculture is
limited. The objective was to investigate the comparative pharmacokinetics of flunixin …

Simple Summary Despite developments in animal welfare science regarding perioperative
pain management in calves (Bos taurus), there are concerns that current knowledge has not …

Objective To analyse the effectiveness of intrafunicular lidocaine and intravenous flunixin for
reducing pain and signs of stress in lambs undergoing surgical castration. Design …