Use of local anaesthesia for pain management during husbandry procedures in Australian sheep flocks

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 56-58

  Lomax, S ^a   Sheil, M ^a,b   Windsor, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Animal Ethics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Castration; Local anaesthesia; Mulesing; Sheep; Welfare

Indexed keywords

LUCILIA CUPRINA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 70449527359     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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