Simple Summary Pain recognition in calves is difficult. Pain is assessed either subjectively
or objectively. Subjective pain assessment can be done using ethograms or pain scales, or …

Disbudding is a common management procedure performed on dairy farms and, when done
without pain mitigation, is viewed as a key welfare issue. Use of pain control has increased …

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 …

The objectives of the present case-control study were to assess (1) daily activity patterns
(lying time, number of steps, number of lying bouts, and lying bout duration), and (2) …

Across the international dairy industry, the vast majority of dairy herds have dehorned cows.
Farmers choose to dehorn calves for different reasons such as easier handling of non …

We evaluated alternatives to cautery disbudding of goat kids using physiological measures
of immediate and longer-term pain. Fifty Saanen doe kids were randomly assigned to 1 of 5 …

Background Pain in cattle is a major welfare problem, as cattle mask their pain. Subjective
and objective parameters to assess pain in cattle have been described. Among the objective …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the analgesic properties of transdermal flunixin
meglumine when given at the time of dehorning on pain biomarkers. Twenty-four weaned …

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of a biologically normal plane of
nutrition compared with a limited plane on the primary outcome wound healing, and one …

Perioperative analgesic effects of oral firocoxib following cautery disbudding were
investigated in preweaned calves. Twenty Holstein calves approximately 4 to 6 wk old …