Effects of topical anaesthetic and buccal meloxicam on average daily gain, behaviour and inflammation of unweaned beef calves following surgical castration

Animal : an International Journal of Animal Bioscience
D Van der SaagPeter J White

Abstract

Although the pain caused by castration of calves is a significant animal welfare issue for the beef industry, analgesia is not always used for this procedure, largely because of practical limitations associated with injectable forms of pain relief. Novel analgesic formulations have now been developed for livestock to allow topical and buccal administration, offering practical options to improve cattle welfare if shown to be effective. To assess the effects of topical anaesthetic (TA) and buccal meloxicam (BM) on average daily gain (ADG), behaviour and inflammation following surgical castration of beef calves, a total of 50 unweaned bull calves were randomly allocated to: (1) sham castration (SHAM, n=10); (2) surgical castration (C, n=10); (3) surgical castration with pre-operative buccal meloxicam (CBM, n=10); (4) surgical castration with post-operative topical anaesthetic (CTA, n=10); and (5) surgical castration with pre-operative buccal meloxicam and post-operative topical anaesthetic (CBMTA, n=10). Calves were recorded on video for 5 h following treatment and the frequency and duration of specific behaviours displayed by each animal was later observed for 5 min every hour (total of 25 min). Average daily gain was calculated ...Continue Reading

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Mar 3, 2018·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Dominique Van der SaagSabrina Lomax
Mar 31, 2019·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Dominique Van der SaagPeter John White
Dec 17, 2020·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·James W SavilleMerle Olson
Apr 4, 2021·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Meredith SheilBrendan Sharpe
Aug 24, 2021·Frontiers in Veterinary Science·Peter Andrew Windsor

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