Effectiveness of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and epidural anaesthesia in reducing the pain and stress responses to a surgical husbandry procedure (mulesing) in sheep

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1034-1039

  Paull, D R ^a   Colditz, I G ^a   Lee, C ^a   Atkinson, S J ^a   Fisher, A D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; SHEEP;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 45849127557     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA08050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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