Unmitigated Surgical Castration in Calves of Different Ages: Electroencephalographic and Neurohormonal Findings ; Animals
| Title: | Unmitigated Surgical Castration in Calves of Different Ages: Electroencephalographic and Neurohormonal Findings ; Animals |
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| Authors: | Bergamasco, Luciana; Edwards-Callaway, Lily N.; Bello, Nora M.; Mijares, Sage H.; Cull, Charley A.; Mosher, Ruby A.; Coetzee, Johann F. |
| Contributors: | Animal and Poultry Sciences |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | VTechWorks (VirginiaTech) |
| Subject Terms: | age; calves; electroencephalography; pain; substance P; surgical castration |
| Description: | Castration is a common management procedure employed in North American cattle production and is known to cause a pain response. The present study was designed to investigate the effect of unmitigated surgical castration on the electroencephalography (EEG) responses and plasma substance P (SP) concentrations in calves of different ages under the same experimental conditions. Thirty male Holstein calves in three age categories [ |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper; still image |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103985; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061791 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ani11061791 |
| Availability: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103985; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11061791 |
| Rights: | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.CDA9D1BE |
| Database: | BASE |