Tag: beef calves

Healing of surgical castration wounds: a description and an evaluation of flunixin

Previous studies have shown that surgical castration wounds take between 10 and 61 d to heal. The objectives of this work were to describe healing, inflammation, lying behavior and serum concentration of substance P after surgical castration in beef calves and to evaluate the effect of a possible intervention, a […]

Topical anesthesia mitigates the pain of castration in beef calves

Castration involves the removal of the testes, and is performed to improve product quality and management of male calves. The procedure has been proven to cause significant pain and stress, and despite several attempts to reduce the impact of castration on animal welfare, there has yet to be a practical […]