EEG changes in 4-week-old lambs in response to castration, tail docking and mulesing

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 339-343

  Jongman, E C ^a   Morris, J P ^a   Barnett, J L ^a   Hemsworth, P H ^a  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

EEG; Husbandry procedures; Pain; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; STRESS; TAIL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERINEUM; SHEEP; STRESS; TAIL;

EID: 0034180694     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb11789.x     Document Type: Article

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