Role of topical anaesthesia in pain management of farm animals, a changing paradigm

PA Windsor - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Improved on-farm animal welfare is increasingly expected by consumers
of livestock products, yet motivating farmers to adopt practice changes is challenging, with …

A meta-analysis of cortisol concentration, vocalization, and average daily gain associated with castration in beef cattle

MEA Canozzi, A Mederos, X Manteca, S Turner… - Research in Veterinary …, 2017 - Elsevier
A systematic review and meta-analysis (MA) were performed to summarize all scientific
evidence for the effects of castration in male beef cattle on welfare indicators based on …

The impact of transdermal flunixin meglumine on biomarkers of pain in calves when administered at the time of surgical castration without local anesthesia

MD Kleinhenz, NK Van Engen, JS Smith, PJ Gorden… - Livestock Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Castration is a common husbandry practice performed on cattle worldwide. Although non-
steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs provide analgesia at the time of castration, labor and …

Effect of meloxicam and lidocaine administered alone or in combination on indicators of pain and distress during and after knife castration in weaned beef calves

DM Meléndez, S Marti, EA Pajor, PK Sidhu, D Gellatly… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
To assess the effect of meloxicam and lidocaine on indicators of pain associated with
castration, forty-eight Angus crossbred beef calves (304±40.5 kg of BW, 7–8 months of age) …

Pharmacokinetics of oral and subcutaneous meloxicam: Effect on indicators of pain and inflammation after knife castration in weaned beef calves

DM Meléndez, S Marti, EA Pajor, PK Sidhu, D Gellatly… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Oral meloxicam is labelled for reducing pain and inflammation associated with castration in
cattle in Canada, however, subcutaneous meloxicam is only labelled for pain associated …

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Pharmacokinetics and mitigation of procedural-pain in cattle

BK Wagner, E Nixon, I Robles, RE Baynes, JF Coetzee… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Castration and disbudding, common husbandry procedures used in cattle
livestock production industries, are recognized as being painful. In the United States (US) …

Effect of a single dose of meloxicam prior to band or knife castration in 1-wk-old beef calves: I. Acute pain

DM Meléndez, S Marti, EA Pajor, D Moya… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In Western Canada, approximately half of the calves produced are castrated before
1 wk of age. Therefore, it is important to identify effective analgesic drugs to mitigate pain …

Effect of bupivacaine liposome suspension administered as a local anesthetic block on indicators of pain and distress during and after surgical castration in dairy …

MS Martin, MD Kleinhenz, AV Viscardi… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Castration is a routine procedure performed on beef and dairy operations in the United
States. All methods of castration cause behavioral, physiologic, and neuroendocrine …

Infrared thermography or rectal temperature as qualification for targeted metaphylaxis in newly received beef steers and the effects on growth performance, complete …

TM Smock, PR Broadway, NCB Sanchez… - Applied Animal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The objective was to evaluate rectal tem-perature and infrared thermography as
qualification for targeted metaphylaxis, and effects on clinical health, growth performance …

Effect of a single dose of subcutaneous meloxicam prior to band or knife castration in 1-wk-old beef calves: II. Inflammatory response and healing

S Marti, DM Meléndez, EA Pajor, D Moya… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a single dose of subcutaneous (sc)
meloxicam administered at the time of knife and band castration on inflammatory response …