Bovine Dehorning. Assessing Pain and Providing Analgesic Management

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-133

  Stock, Matthew L ^a   Baldridge, Sarah L ^b   Griffin, Dee ^c   Coetzee, Johann F ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Animal welfare; Cattle; Dehorning

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CATTLE; HORN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATTLE; HORNS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 84874232877     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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