Castration of piglets: The analgesic effects of intratesticular and intrafunicular lidocaine injection

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Haga, Henning A ^a   Ranheim, Birgit ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Castration; Electroencephalography; Local anaesthesia; Nociception; Pain; Piglets

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; INJECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CASTRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944368644     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2004.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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