| Autor: |
Cuttance, E. L., Mason, W. A., McDermott, J., Laven, R.A., Ruddy, B. P., Taberner, A. J., McKeage, J. W., Turner, S. A. |
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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science; Jul-Sep2024, Vol. 27 Issue 3, p465-476, 12p |
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Three options for anesthetizing the skin around the horn bud of dairy goat kids were explored. Forty-five <10-day-old Saanen goat kids from were randomly split into five treatment groups (topical anesthetic cream (TA), vapocoolant spray (VS), local anesthetic applied by jet injector (JI), control – no treatment but painful stimulus applied (C), sham – no treatment and touching sites with a finger. The painful stimulus was multiple needle pricks on the skin around the horn bud. The outcome variables measured were heart rate movement, and vocalization during treatment application and administration of a painful stimulus around the horn bud. Heart rates were greater during application of a VS compared to TA.Neither the TA nor the VS appeared to have any effect on the response to the painful stimulus. Kids in the JI group had a 96% reduced odds of expressing a marked pain response in comparison to TA group and an 83% reduction in the odds of a high movement grade during a painful procedure in comparison to the combined results of the other three treatment groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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