Empathic veterinarians score cattle pain higher

Norring, Marianna; Wikman, Ingela; Hokkanen, Ann-Helena; Kujala, Miiamaaria V.; Hänninen, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.02.005

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“…However, this was somewhat contradictory to our previous finding in which veterinarians oriented toward production-animal practice and young veterinarians treat disbudding pain in calves according to national recommendations, with sedatives, local anesthetics, and NSAIDs (Norring et al, 2014). Obviously, education of Finnish veterinarians working in the field could be improved further.…”

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“…Veterinarians agree that disbudding is painful (Hewson et al, 2007;Hudson et al, 2008;Norring et al, 2014) but not all veterinarians alleviate pain before disbudding (Huxley and Whay 2006;Hewson et al, 2007;Misch et al, 2007). It is recommended to use sedatives, local anesthetics, and NSAID to alleviate disbuddingrelated pain (AVA, 2004;New Zealand Government, 2005; AVMA, 2012), but little is known about how well veterinarians follow these recommendations.…”

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Perceptions and practices of Finnish dairy producers on disbudding pain in calves

Hokkanen

Wikman

Korhonen

et al. 2015

Journal of Dairy Science

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Disbudding causes pain-related distress and behavioral changes in calves. Local anesthesia and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are effective for treating disbudding-related pain. Dairy producers play a key role in whether or not calves to be disbudded are properly medicated. Pain and distress related to disbudding of calves often remains untreated. Thus, we conducted this study to characterize perceptions and practices of dairy producers on disbudding and disbudding-related pain management. A questionnaire was sent to 1,000 randomly selected Finnish dairy producers (response rate: 45%). Our aim was to investigate producer perceptions about disbudding-related pain, the perceived need for pain alleviation before disbudding, and how these perceptions affect the valuing and use of pain alleviation before disbudding. More than 70% of Finnish dairy farms disbud their calves. Producers who ranked disbudding-related pain and need for pain alleviation higher called a veterinarian to medicate calves before disbudding more often than producers who ranked disbudding pain and need for pain alleviation lower. Among respondents who disbudded calves on their farms, 69% stated that disbudding caused severe pain, 63% stated that pain alleviation during disbudding is important, and 45% always had a veterinarian medicate their calves before disbudding. Producers with a herd healthcare agreement with their veterinarian estimated disbudding-related pain to be higher and had a veterinarian medicate calves more often than producers without such an agreement. Producers with tiestall systems and producers who did not use disbudding valued pain alleviation prior to disbudding higher than producers with freestalls and producers who used disbudding.

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Perceptions and practices of Finnish dairy producers on disbudding pain in calves

Hokkanen

Wikman

Korhonen

et al. 2015

Journal of Dairy Science

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“…In group of affected cows was found higher speed of feeding compare to healthy. Significant differences in feeding speed during the period, when cows were affected with lameness found Michie and Andonovic (2015).…”

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“…Janssen et al (2015) observed that incidence of claw diseases has impact on the animals´ needs and that the pain limits animal locomotion, what result in decrease of trough visits as well as reduced feeding time, increase of the feeding rate and prolonged lying time. Michie and Andonovic (2015), Thorup et al (2015) confirmed the influence of lameness on feed intake during the day.…”

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“…Claw disorders occurrence is manifested by lameness, decreased BCS and reduction of production (Solano et al, 2015;Von Keyserling et al, 2012;Norring et al, 2014;Bicalho et al, 2009;Randall et al, 2015). Days open prolongation, higher number of services per conception, later start of luteal activity and oestrus after calving as well as influence of lameness on oestrous intensity and external signs of oestrus reported Schrick et al (2001), Borsberry and Dobson (1989), Collick et al (1989), Petersson et al (2006), resp.…”

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Influence of claw disorders on production and reproduction performance in observed herds of dairy cows

Vlček

Ofúkaný

Kanka

et al. 2016

Acta fytotechn zootechn

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of claw disorders on claw formation, production and reproduction performance of Holstein and Slovak Spotted dairy cows. Claw formation after functional trimming was evaluated by measurement of claw angle, claw length, heel index, claw height, diagonal and claw width. Incidence of interdigital dermatitis and heel erosion, digital dermatitis were observed. Separately was observed the incidence of sole ulcers with the progress of diseases. Measurements were carried out in spring and in autumn. Holstein dairy cows (n = 101) with production 11,874.77 kg of milk, 3.94% of fat and 3.34% of protein and Slovak Spotted cows (n = 101) with production 5,834.25 kg of milk, 4.44% of fat and 3.59% of protein were included into study. Holstein and Slovak Spotted dairy cows affected with claw diseases produced on the first lactations 553.67, resp. 838.71 kg of milk more than average production of observed groups. On the second and higher lactations dairy cows of Holstein and Slovak Spotted breed affected with claw diseases produced 734.3, resp. 1,118.3 kg of milk less than healthy dairy cows. The occurrence of digital dermatitis was 5.77% and 4.85% in Holstein, resp. in Slovak Spotted breed. Age at the first calving with claw defects was shorter of 24.45 days and the calving interval was longer of 18.52 days in comparison to cows without claw disorders in Holstein breed. Difference in age at first calving was minimal with value 1.85 days on behalf of healthy cows and on the other hand cows with claw defects had shorter calving interval by 4.97 days than healthy cows in Slovak Spotted breed. Statistically significant differences in claws formation were observed in both breeds according to the claw trimming season.

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Exploring the attitudes of Bavarian farmers towards pain in cattle and how they differ from the attitudes of bovine veterinarians

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Background: Assessment of pain in cattle depends on the observer's experience and evaluation. Only a few studies compare veterinarians' and farmers' attitudes towards pain in cattle. Methods: A questionnaire was sent to 1097 cattle practitioners and 3750 farmers. Return rate was 26.2% for veterinarians and 15.4% for farmers, respectively. Respondents were asked to score the painfulness of procedures and diseases in cattle on a numerical rating scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable), to give their opinion about the use of analgesics during and after procedures, and to agree or disagree with given statements. Results: There were no significant differences between pain scores awarded by veterinarians and farmers, but significant differences in parameters both groups relied on for pain assessment. Farmers were less willing than veterinarians to use analgesia during and after procedures. There was no significant difference in the amount of money veterinarians thought farmers would spent on analgesia and farmers' actual statements. Conclusion:The results of this study indicate that farmers and veterinarians assess pain severity similarly, but recognise pain differently and disagree in their opinion regarding the use of analgesics. The communication between both groups needs to be improved to ensure proper pain management.

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Empathic veterinarians score cattle pain higher

Cited by 62 publications

References 32 publications

Perceptions and practices of Finnish dairy producers on disbudding pain in calves

Perceptions and practices of Finnish dairy producers on disbudding pain in calves

Influence of claw disorders on production and reproduction performance in observed herds of dairy cows

Exploring the attitudes of Bavarian farmers towards pain in cattle and how they differ from the attitudes of bovine veterinarians

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