Purpose The purpose of this review was to describe the current options and unmet needs for
on-farm pain control in food production animals. Sources Peer-reviewed literature was the …

Simple Summary Surgical castration in piglets is widely used in commercial pig production
systems; however, it may cause pain and stress to the animal. There is an urgent need to …

Acute pain and peripheral sensitization development after cautery disbudding was
investigated in 33 calves administered preventive multimodal analgesia. The animals were …

Pain research in cattle has focused on the first few hours or days following the procedure,
and few studies have looked at the progression of pain during and, possibly, after healing …

Pain management to improve the welfare of livestock during aversive husbandry
interventions is increasingly expected of global farming systems, although few products are …

Negative emotional states are known to interact, potentially aggravating one another. In this
study, we used a well validated paradigm (successive negative contrast, SNC) to determine …

In humans, the 'peak-end'rule states that recollection of an experience is most often
influenced by the peak (the most intense moment) and end of the experience. We …

Simple Summary Dehorning in cattle involves the manual removal of horns which causes
acute pain. Although the long-term solution to removing horns is to breed polled cattle …

The post-operative effects of three formulations of topical anaesthetic and a cornual nerve
block on the sensitivity of scoop dehorning wounds in calves were compared in two trials. In …

Cattle experience pain following routine husbandry procedures including castration and
dehorning. Despite the lack of approved analgesics for cattle in the United States …