Identifying Barriers to Implementing Pain Management for Piglet Castration: A Focus Group of Swine Veterinarians
Surgical castration is a painful husbandry procedure performed on piglets in the United States (US) to improve meat quality. Veterinarians play a crucial role in developing pain management protocols. However, providing pain management for castration is not common practice in US swine production syst...
Main Authors: | Brooklyn Wagner, Kenneth Royal, Rachel Park, Monique Pairis-Garcia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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Series: | Animals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/7/1202 |
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