University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

…Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Foundation, 30559 Hannover, Germany 2 Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, 30173 Hannover, Germany 3…

…Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Foundation, 30559 Hannover, Germany 2 Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, 30173 Hannover, Germany 3…

…Thesis, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany,

…Thesis, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany,

…Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Trakia University, Students Campus 6000, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; todor.stoyanchev@uni-sz.bg 16 Department of Animal Source Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina…

…Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Trakia University, Students Campus 6000, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; todor.stoyanchev@uni-sz.bg 16 Department of Animal Source Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina…

animals Article Behavior of Piglets in an Observation Arena before and after Surgical Castration with Local Anesthesia Regina Miller 1, *, Andrea Grott 1 , Dorian Patzkéwitsch 1 , Dorothea Döring 1 , Nora Abendschön 2 , Pauline Deffner 2 , Judith Reiser 3 , Mathias Ritzmann 2 , Anna M. Saller 3 , Paul Schmidt 4 , Steffanie Senf 2 , Julia Werner 3 , Christine Baumgartner 3 , Susanne Zöls 2 , Michael Erhard 1 and Shana Bergmann 1, * 1 Department of Veterinary Science, Chair of Animal Welfare, Ethology, Animal Hygiene and Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, LMU Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany 2 Clinic for Swine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany 3 Center for Preclinical Research, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany 4 Statistical Consulting for Science and Research, Große Seestr. 8, 13086 Berlin, Germany * Correspondence: r.miller@tierhyg.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de (R.M.); s.bergmann@lmu.de (S.B.) Simple Summary: Surgical castration of piglets is generally recognized as a painful procedure. Thus, for animal welfare reasons, the German Animal Welfare Act stipulates the use of effective anesthesia during castration. However, whether local anesthesia provides adequate analgesia has been an ongoing debate in Germany. In the present study, we compared the behavior of 178 piglets allocated to various test groups in an observation arena before any of the applied procedures, after administration of the local anesthetic, and 0, 2 and 24 h after surgical castration. The local anesthetic and the injection techniques were evaluated and optimized in three sequential study parts. Overall, the results revealed that when local anesthesia was used, piglets less frequently showed

animals Article Behavior of Piglets in an Observation Arena before and after Surgical Castration with Local Anesthesia Regina Miller 1, *, Andrea Grott 1 , Dorian Patzkéwitsch 1 , Dorothea Döring 1 , Nora Abendschön 2 , Pauline Deffner 2 , Judith Reiser 3 , Mathias Ritzmann 2 , Anna M. Saller 3 , Paul Schmidt 4 , Steffanie Senf 2 , Julia Werner 3 , Christine Baumgartner 3 , Susanne Zöls 2 , Michael Erhard 1 and Shana Bergmann 1, * 1 Department of Veterinary Science, Chair of Animal Welfare, Ethology, Animal Hygiene and Animal Husbandry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, LMU Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany 2 Clinic for Swine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 85764 Oberschleißheim, Germany 3 Center for Preclinical Research, Technical University of Munich, 81675 Munich, Germany 4 Statistical Consulting for Science and Research, Große Seestr. 8, 13086 Berlin, Germany * Correspondence: r.miller@tierhyg.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de (R.M.); s.bergmann@lmu.de (S.B.) Simple Summary: Surgical castration of piglets is generally recognized as a painful procedure. Thus, for animal welfare reasons, the German Animal Welfare Act stipulates the use of effective anesthesia during castration. However, whether local anesthesia provides adequate analgesia has been an ongoing debate in Germany. In the present study, we compared the behavior of 178 piglets allocated to various test groups in an observation arena before any of the applied procedures, after administration of the local anesthetic, and 0, 2 and 24 h after surgical castration. The local anesthetic and the injection techniques were evaluated and optimized in three sequential study parts. Overall, the results revealed that when local anesthesia was used, piglets less frequently showed

…Inau- gural Dissertation, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation. 2009. 18. Courboulay V, Hemonic A, Gadonna M, Prunier A. Castration under analgesia or local anesthesia: impact on pain and labour demand. In…

Management and animal welfare Oral presentations A topical anaesthestic wound formulation diminishes pain responses and improves wound healing of lambs at tail-docking Ferrer, L.M.1, Lacasta, D.1, Ramos, J.J.1, Ortín, A.1, Tejedor, M.T.2, Castells, E.3, Ruiz de Arcaute, M.1, Pérez, M.1, Rubira, I.4 and Windsor, P.A.5 1 Animal Pathology Department, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (Universidad de Zaragoza- CITA), Veterinary Faculty of Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet 177. 50013 Zaragoza, Spain 2 Anatomy, Embryology and Animal Genetics Department, CIBER CV (Universidad de Zaragoza-IIS), Veterinary Faculty of Zaragoza, C/Miguel Servet 177. 50013 Zaragoza, Spain 3 Centro Clínico Veterinario, C/ Madre Genoveva Torres Morales, 8, 50006 Zaragoza, Spain 4 Gabinete técnico Veterinario S.L. C/ Isla conejera s/n. 50013 Zaragoza, Spain 5 Sydney School of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW | 2570, Australia Contact: dlacasta@unizar.es Abstract: Tail docking is a painful husbandry practice performed routinely in sheep production worldwide. We examined two different procedures for surgical tail docking; with and without general anaesthesia (GA), including the use of a topical wound gel formulation to alleviate pain and improve healing after surgery, containing local anaesthetics lignocaine and bupivacaine, with cetrimide and adrenalin (Tri-Solfen®; TS). Forty-four female lambs with similar weights were recruited into four equal cohorts: Groups A and C, the tail was excised with a scalpel without anaesthesia and Groups B and D, the tail was surgically excised and stitched under GA. C and D groups were immediately treated with TS. Pain-related behaviour was assessed using a numerical rating scale (NRS) developed previously. A trained scientist blinded to