Behavioral changes in the first 3 weeks after disbudding in dairy calves

ABSTRACT: Hot-iron disbudding, the practice of cauterizing horn bud tissue to prevent horn growth in dairy calves, results in behavioral changes indicative of pain in the first few days after the procedure. However, few studies have quantified behavioral changes in the following weeks, while the bur...

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Main Authors: Sarah J.J. Adcock, Blair C. Downey, Chela Owens, Cassandra B. Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223004277