Effects of a local anaesthetic and NSAID in castration of piglets, on the acute pain responses, growth and mortality

Animal

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1469-1475

  Kluivers Poodt, M ^a   Houx, B B ^b   Robben, S R M ^b   Koop, G ^b   Lambooij, E ^a   Hellebrekers, L J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

castration; lidocaine; meloxicam; piglet; vocalization

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MELOXICAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SWINE; VOCALIZATION;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84864329488     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112000547     Document Type: Article

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