Oral administration of a 12% sucrose solution did not decrease behavioural indicators of distress in piglets undergoing tail docking, teeth clipping and ear notching

Animal Welfare

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 395-404

  Rand, J S ^a   Noonan, G J ^a   Priest, J ^a   Ainscow, J ^a   Blackshaw, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Animal welfare; Piglets; Sucrose; Tail docking; Teeth clipping

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO; SUCROSE;

AIR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL SURGERY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; EAR SURGERY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HYBRID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PIG FARMING; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE; SYRINGE; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036399711     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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