Topical anaesthesia alleviates short-term pain of castration and tail docking in lambs

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 67-74

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Animal Ethics Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Castration; Lambs; Pain; Tail docking; Topical anaesthesia; Welfare

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASTRATION; FEMALE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; TAIL; WOUND HEALING;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUPIVACAINE; CASTRATION; FEMALE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PAIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TAIL; WOUND HEALING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77952764104     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2009.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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