Buffering lidocaine heightens aversion to cornual nerve injections in dairy calves
ABSTRACT: Best practice is to numb the horn buds before disbudding dairy calves, which can be achieved by injecting lidocaine, a local anesthetic, around the cornual nerve. In humans, the acute pain that occurs upon injection of lidocaine can be reduced by neutralizing the pH of the solution with an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Dairy Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030222001825 |