Pre-emptive meloxicam for postoperative analgesia in piglets undergoing surgical castration

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-374

  Keita, Alassane ^a   Pagot, Eric ^a   Prunier, Armelle ^b   Guidarini, Christian ^c  

^a Zoopôle Développement   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM   (France)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Behaviour; Castration; Meloxicam; Pain; Piglets

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MELOXICAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; TIME; VETERINARY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HAPTOGLOBINS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954948150     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2010.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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