Simple Summary Increasing societal and customer pressure to provide animals with 'a life
worth living'continues to apply pressure on industry to alleviate pain associated with …

Objective Treatment of inflammation and pain management is an important topic in the
welfare of pigs. It is very difficult for veterinary practitioners to choose the most appropriate …

Members of the genus Salmonella are notorious for their ability to infect a broad range of
hosts. Salmonella infections of swine are of concern for two major reasons. The first is …

This chapter provides in‐depth coverage of proliferative enteropathy (PE) including
relevance, potential public health significance, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs …

To investigate a novel route for providing analgesia to processed piglets via transmammary
drug delivery, meloxicam was administered orally to sows after farrowing. The objectives of …

Pain associated with lameness on farm is a negative affective state and has a detrimental
impact on individual farm animal welfare. Animal pain can be managed utilizing husbandry …

The pharmacokinetics of meloxicam was studied in 1‐, 6‐, and 12‐month‐old sheep
following a single intravenous (iv) dose of 1 mg/kg. The experiments were carried out when …

Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome (PPDS) is a major economic problem in modern sow
farms. General treatment of PPDS consists of the use of oxytocin to promote milk ejection …

Objective To investigate the pharmacokinetics and absolute oral bioavailability of meloxicam
in guinea pigs. Study design Prospective crossover study. Animals A group of six healthy …

Piglet castration and tail-docking are routinely performed in the United States without
analgesia. Pain medications, predominately non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are used …