Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerations
ABSTRACTDisbudding, removal of the horn buds, is performed for economic and practical reasons: to prevent bullying and injury to other animals (with implications for productivity and carcass damage, respectively) and human safety during handling. Mitigation of pain associated with the disbudding of...
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| description | ABSTRACTDisbudding, removal of the horn buds, is performed for economic and practical reasons: to prevent bullying and injury to other animals (with implications for productivity and carcass damage, respectively) and human safety during handling. Mitigation of pain associated with the disbudding of calves is necessary to limit the pain-stress response that induces altered behavioural and physiologic states. The most common recommendation in Animal Welfare Guidelines is to disbud calves before they attain 2 months of age. From birth to 2 months of age the horn bud is not attached to the skull, which makes the removal of the horn bud and adjacent cells easier. The objectives of this review are to describe (1) the different methods of disbudding, (2) the pain responses associated with each of those methods and (3) how age and pain mitigation strategies affect those responses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-533b979f092b44678878e2d91ff2e5cb2023-11-29T18:00:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Applied Animal Research0971-21190974-18442023-12-0151161662310.1080/09712119.2023.2264912Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerationsGabriela A. Marquette0Stephanie Ronan1Bernadette Earley2Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, (AGRIC) Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, IrelandDepartment of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Agriculture House, Dublin, IrelandAnimal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, (AGRIC) Teagasc, Grange, Dunsany, Co. Meath, IrelandABSTRACTDisbudding, removal of the horn buds, is performed for economic and practical reasons: to prevent bullying and injury to other animals (with implications for productivity and carcass damage, respectively) and human safety during handling. Mitigation of pain associated with the disbudding of calves is necessary to limit the pain-stress response that induces altered behavioural and physiologic states. The most common recommendation in Animal Welfare Guidelines is to disbud calves before they attain 2 months of age. From birth to 2 months of age the horn bud is not attached to the skull, which makes the removal of the horn bud and adjacent cells easier. The objectives of this review are to describe (1) the different methods of disbudding, (2) the pain responses associated with each of those methods and (3) how age and pain mitigation strategies affect those responses.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09712119.2023.2264912Disbuddingmethodsagehorn bud sizepain relief |
| spellingShingle | Gabriela A. Marquette Stephanie Ronan Bernadette Earley Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerations Journal of Applied Animal Research Disbudding methods age horn bud size pain relief |
| title | Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerations |
| title_full | Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerations |
| title_fullStr | Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerations |
| title_short | Calf disbudding – animal welfare considerations |
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| topic | Disbudding methods age horn bud size pain relief |
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