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

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 with dis-budding and abdominal surgery. The aim of this project was to determine the pharmacokinetic profile of oral (PO;...

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Main Authors: Daniela M Meléndez, Sonia Marti, Edmond A Pajor, Pritam K Sidhu, Désirée Gellatly, Eugene D Janzen, Timothy D Schwinghamer, Johann F Coetzee, Karen S Schwartzkopf-Genswein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217518