Administration of anesthetic and analgesic prevent the suppression of many leukocyte responses following surgical castration and physical dehorning

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 285-293

  Ballou, M A ^a   Sutherland, M A ^a,b   Brooks, T A ^a   Hulbert, L E ^a,c   Davis, B L ^a   Cobb, C J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; Dehorning; Health; Immune

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; HAPTOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; L SELECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CULTURE; BULL (BOVINE); CALF (BOVINE); CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATTLE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HORNS; HYDROCORTISONE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; ORCHIECTOMY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872824341     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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