Quantification of the pain and distress responses to castration in young lambs

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Thornton, P D ^a   Waterman Pearson, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCROTUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; SCROTUM; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033113954     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rvsc.1998.0252     Document Type: Article

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