Onset, duration and efficacy of four methods of local anesthesia of the horn bud in calves

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 431-435

  Fierheller, Erin E ^a   Caulkett, Nigel A ^a   Haley, Derek B ^b   Florence, Darrel ^a   Doepel, Lorraine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calves; Dehorning; Lidocaine; Local anesthesia; Pain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862728559     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2012.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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