The effect of disbudding age on healing and pain sensitivity in dairy calves

Journal of Dairy Science
Sarah J J Adcock, C B Tucker

Abstract

Hot-iron disbudding, a husbandry procedure performed in dairy calves in which horn bud growth is prevented through tissue cauterization, produces severe burns. Little is known about how long pain persists following disbudding or factors, such as age at the time of disbudding, that may influence animal welfare outcomes. Our objectives were (1) to evaluate whether disbudding age mediates healing, pain sensitivity, and weight gain in calves disbudded near birth (3 d) compared with at a later age (35 d); and (2) to examine how long wounds are sensitive during healing. Forty-eight calves were disbudded or sham-disbudded at 3 or 35 d of age (n = 12/treatment). We assessed pain sensitivity with a pressure algometer on d 3 and 7 after disbudding and then weekly thereafter until the wound had re-epithelialized. Sensitivity was measured at the lateral and caudal edges of each wound, as well as on the rump to test for systemic changes in sensory function. We evaluated healing by scoring the presence of 7 tissue types in the wound bed: attached necrotic tissue, detached necrotic tissue, burns outside the necrotic ring, exudate, granulation, crust, and epithelium. Tissue scores, surface temperature, and girth circumference as an estimate of...Continue Reading

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Jun 4, 2019·Journal of Dairy Science·Sarah J J AdcockCassandra B Tucker
Sep 4, 2019·Journal of Dairy Science·Lorenzo AlvarezCassandra B Tucker
Jul 3, 2020·Animals : an Open Access Journal From MDPI·Javiera Calderón-Amor, Carmen Gallo
Mar 4, 2020·Scientific Reports·Sarah J J Adcock, Cassandra B Tucker
Jun 23, 2020·Journal of Dairy Science·Sarah J J AdcockCassandra B Tucker
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