Australian Veterinary Journal

The effect of a topical anaesthetic formulation, systemic flunixin and carprofen, singly or in combination, on cortisol and behavioural responses of Merino lambs to mulesing 13%

DR PAULL; C LEE; IG COLDITZ; S ATKINSON; AD FISHER · file · #58

…App! Anim Behav Sci 2000;69:85-88. © 2007 The Authors Australian Veterinary Journal Volume 85, No 3, March 2007 105 Journal compilation © 2007 Australian Veterinary Association PRODUCTION ANIMALS 25. Phillips CJC…

Duration of action of a topical anaesthetic formulation for pain management of mulesing in sheep 11%

S Lomax; M Sheil; PA Windsor · file · #49

…However, ewes in these trials were held in a relatively also exacerbated bleeding and pain from the wound because of the © 2013 The Authors Australian Veterinary Journal © 2013 Australian Veterinary Association Australian…

Effects of a topical anaesthetic formulation and systemic carprofen, given singly or in combination, on the cortisol and behavioural responses of Merino lambs to castration 5%

DR Pauli; C Lee; iG Colditz; AD Fisher · file · #59

…contributions in the conduct of this study, (Accepted for publication 23 November 2008) © 2009 The Authors Journal compilation © 2009 Australian Veterinary Association Australian Veterinary Journal Volume 87, No 6, June 2009 237

Topical wound anaesthesia: efficacy to mitigate piglet castration pain 5%

ML Sheil; M Chambers; B Sharpe · file · #65

…Scores to 4 h posttreatment Australian Veterinary Journal 3 © 2020 The Authors. Australian Veterinary Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Veterinary Association. PRODUCTION ANIMALS PRODUCTION ANIMALS…

Topical anaesthesia alleviates short-term pain of castration and tail docking in lambs 3%

S Lomax; H Dickson; M Sheila; PA Windsor · file · #53

Impact of topical anaesthesia on pain alleviation and wound healing in lambs after mulesing 3%

S LOMAX; M SHEIL; P A WINDSOR · file · #48

avj_285.fm Page 159 Thursday, April 17, 2008 5:08 PM PRODUCTION ANIMALS Impact of topical anaesthesia on pain alleviation and Blackwell Publishing Asia PRODUCTION ANIMALS wound healing in lambs after mulesing S LOMAX,a M SHEILb and P A WINDSORa,c pain management. Whilst the procedures may be justified for Objective To investigate the impact of using the topical animal preventative health or production management reasons, anaesthetic preparation Tri-Solfen® on pain alleviation and there is growing opposition to them, particularly from animal wound healing in lambs undergoing mulesing. advocacy organisations. Increasingly, the infliction of pain is Design Three separate trials, placebo controlled and/or considered to breech acceptable standards of humane animal randomised, were carried out over a 5 month period on three care. Mulesing, the practice of cutting loose folds of skin from mobs of between 60 and 263 merino lambs undergoing routine the breech area of sheep, is the most important recent example. mulesing. Concern for the welfare of lambs undergoing this procedure is Procedure Wound pain was assessed using 10 and 75 g resulting in international retail boycotts of Australian wool. calibrated Von-Frey monofilaments to determine sensitivity to light touch and pain stimulation over a 4 to 8 h period. The ideal long term solution is to develop painless alternatives to Pain-related behaviour was documented by trained, blinded such procedures. In the interim, the development of effective observers using a numerical rating scale. Wound healing rates pain management must be given high priority to decrease animal were determined using scaled digital photography and image suffering. At present however, there is lack of commercially analysis software to calculate contraction

Behavioural measures reflect pain-mitigating effects of meloxicam in combination with Tri-Solfen® in mulesed Merino lambs 2%

L. Inglis; S. Hancock; M. Laurence; A. Thompson · file · #44

…Australian Veterinary Journal 91, 160–167. Acknowledgements Mathews KA 2002. Non‐steroidal anti‐inﬂammatory analgesics: a review of The authors thank Boehringer Ingleheim (Sydney, Australia) for current practice. Journal of Veterinary Emergency…

Evaluating the efficacy of a topical anaesthetic formulation and ketoprofen, alone and in combination, on the pain sensitivity of dehorning wounds in Holstein-Friesian calves 2%

Crystal A. Espinoza; Dominique McCarthy; Peter J. White; Peter A. Windsor; Sabrina H. Lomax · file · #39

…British Journal of Behavioural responses of calves to amputation dehorning with and Pharmacology 92, 527–533. doi:10.1111/j.1476-5381.1987.tb11353.x without local anaesthesia. Australian Veterinary Journal 82…