Effect of meloxicam and lidocaine administered alone or in combination on indicators of pain and distress during and after knife castration in weaned beef calves.

To assess the effect of meloxicam and lidocaine on indicators of pain associated with castration, forty-eight Angus crossbred beef calves (304 ± 40.5 kg of BW, 7-8 months of age) were used in a 28 day experiment. The experiment consisted of a 2 × 2 factorial design where main factors included provis...

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Main Authors: Daniela M Meléndez, Sonia Marti, Edmond A Pajor, Pritam K Sidhu, Désirée Gellatly, Diego Moya, Eugene D Janzen, Johann F Coetzee, Karen S Schwartzkopf-Genswein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207289