Administration of a NSAID (meloxicam) affects lying behaviour after caesarean section in beef cows

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-33

  Barrier, Alice C ^a   Coombs, Tamsin M ^a   Dwyer, Cathy M ^a   Haskell, Marie J ^a   Goby, Laurent ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caesarean; Cattle; Lying behaviour; NSAID; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CATTLE;

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EID: 84900495723     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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