Effect of hot-iron disbudding on behaviour and plasma cortisol of calves sedated with xylazine

Stilwell, George; Carvalho, Reinaldo de Amorim; Carolino, N.; Lima, Miguel S.; Broom, Donald M.

doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2009.06.012

Cited by 64 publications

(62 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…[22][23][24] Other researchers have documented a difference in head shakes and ear twitches following dehorning. [25][26][27][28][29] The frequency of all these behaviors has been associated with increased cortisol concentrations, and increased cortisol concentrations are often associated with stress and fearful events. 30,31 However, neither cortisol nor counts of these behavior measurements have been determined as specific indicators of pain.…”

Section: Observer Monitoring Frequency Of Specific Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Remote Noninvasive Assessment of Pain and Health Status in Cattle

Theurer¹,

Amrine²,

White³

2013

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

SynopsisCattle behavior is frequently monitored to determine health and wellness state of the animal. The objective of this review is to describe potential benefits and challenges of remotely monitoring cattle behavior with available methodologies including clinical illness scores, visual monitoring, accelerometers, pedometers, feed intake and behavioral monitoring, global position systems, real time location systems, thermography images, and rumen telemetry temperature bolus. The behavior of interest, labor required, and monitoring expenses all need to be taken into consideration before deciding which remote behavioral monitoring device is most appropriate.Monitoring the feeding behavior of an animal over a period of time allows establishment of a baseline against which deviations in subsequent behavioral patterns can be evaluated.Interpretation of multiple behavioral responses as an aggregate indicator of animal wellness status rather than as individual outcomes may be a more accurate measure of true state of animal pain or wellness status. Key Points Cattle behavior is frequently monitored to determine health and wellness state.

show abstract

Section: Observer Monitoring Frequency Of Specific Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Remote Noninvasive Assessment of Pain and Health Status in Cattle

Theurer¹,

Amrine²,

White³

2013

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…When calves are disbudded by cautery after a cornual blockade with lidocaine, there is a small transient increase in cortisol concentrations which returns to baseline concentrations at 60 min after disbudding [14] . Similarly, the cortisol concentrations of calves disbudded by hot-iron after a cornual nerve blockade with lidocaine instantly increase without any significant difference but return to the Table 2 initial levels approximately one hour after disbudding [1,2] . The observation of the temporary increment of cortisol concentration immediately after disbudding and the decreasing cortisol concentration at 30 min after disbudding and similar concentrations as initial cortisol levels detected at one hour after disbudding in control group as in results of the present study supports the observations of other reports [1,2] .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Disbudding is a routine but also painful procedure performed in young calves in dairy farms [1,2] . Two methods are frequently used such as caustic paste and hot-iron [2,3] .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Boynuz Köreltme İşlemi Uygulanan Buzağılarda Pre-Emptive Uygulanan Dexketoprofen Trometamol’un Akut Kortizol, İnflamatuar Yanıt ve Oksidatif Stres Üzerine Olan Etkisi

Korkmaz¹,

Saritaş²,

Bülbül³

et al. 2015

Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Before disbudding calves and dehorning in cattle and goats, it is recommended to sedate the animal (McMeekan et al, 1999;Stafford et al, 2003;Stewart et al, 2009) and to administer a local anaesthetic (Lepkova et al, 2007). Nevertheless, sedated calves could be unable to react to pain due to strong muscular relaxant effect of xylazine (Stilwell et al, 2010). Although locoregional techniques desensitise the tissue during the procedure and reduce subsequent pain, anti-inflammatory drugs allow additional benefits counteracting the longer-lasting pain induced by inflammatory reactions.…”

Section: Soothe Pain Caused By Procedures Considered Unavoidablementioning

confidence: 99%

Minimising pain in farm animals: the 3S approach – ‘Suppress, Substitute, Soothe’

Guatteo

Levionnois

Fournier

et al. 2012

Animal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Recently, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research appointed an expert committee to review the issue of pain in food-producing farm animals. To minimise pain, the authors developed a ‘3S’ approach accounting for ‘Suppress, Substitute and Soothe’ by analogy with the ‘3Rs’ approach of ‘Reduction, Refinement and Replacement’ applied in the context of animal experimentation. Thus, when addressing the matter of pain, the following steps and solutions could be assessed, in the light of their feasibility (technical constraints, logistics and regulations), acceptability (societal and financial aspects) and availability. The first solution is tosuppressany source of pain that brings no obvious advantage to the animals or the producers, as well as sources of pain for which potential benefits are largely exceeded by the negative effects. For instance, tail docking of cattle has recently been eliminated. Genetic selection on the basis of resistance criteria (as e.g. for lameness in cattle and poultry) or reduction of undesirable traits (e.g. boar taint in pigs) may also reduce painful conditions or procedures. The second solution is tosubstitutea technique causing pain by another less-painful method. For example, if dehorning cattle is unavoidable, it is preferable to perform it at a very young age, cauterising the horn bud. Animal management and constraint systems should be designed to reduce the risk for injury and bruising. Lastly, in situations where pain is known to be present, because of animal management procedures such as dehorning or castration, or because of pathology, for example lameness, systemic or local pharmacological treatments should be used tosoothepain. These treatments should take into account the duration of pain, which, in the case of some management procedures or diseases, may persist for longer periods. The administration of pain medication may require the intervention of veterinarians, but exemptions exist where breeders are allowed to use local anaesthesia (e.g. castration and dehorning in Switzerland). Extension of such exemptions, national or European legislation on pain management, or the introduction of animal welfare codes by retailers into their meat products may help further developments. In addition, veterinarians and farmers should be given the necessary tools and information to take into account animal pain in their management decisions.

show abstract

Effect of hot-iron disbudding on behaviour and plasma cortisol of calves sedated with xylazine

Cited by 64 publications

References 23 publications

Remote Noninvasive Assessment of Pain and Health Status in Cattle

Remote Noninvasive Assessment of Pain and Health Status in Cattle

Boynuz Köreltme İşlemi Uygulanan Buzağılarda Pre-Emptive Uygulanan Dexketoprofen Trometamol’un Akut Kortizol, İnflamatuar Yanıt ve Oksidatif Stres Üzerine Olan Etkisi

Minimising pain in farm animals: the 3S approach – ‘Suppress, Substitute, Soothe’

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About