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Efficacy of buprenorphine for management of surgical castration pain in piglets

BACKGROUND: Surgical castration is a painful procedure, performed routinely on commercial pig farms to prevent boar taint and reduce aggression. The objectives of this study were to assess the efficacy of 0.04 mg/kg buprenorphine (BUP) in reducing pain in castrated piglets, using behavioral indicato...

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Autores principales: Viscardi, Abbie V., Turner, Patricia V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30352586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-018-1643-5