Recognition and assessment of pain in lambs
Local anaesthetic administered epidurally at the base of the tail, and infiltrated into the testes, spermatic cords and neck of the scrotum eliminated the behavioural and plasma cortisol responses associated with castration and tail-docking, confirming that the pain observed was dependent on afferen...
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University of Edinburgh
1991
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