Effect of caustic paste, direct fire alone or combined with flunixin meglumine during disbudding of holstein calves on physiological and behavioral parameters
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https://doi.org/10.19137/cienvet202426204Keywords:
Dehorning, Dairy farm, Pain reliefAbstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different disbudding methodologies in Holstein calves on behavioral and physiological parameters related to pain. Twenty-five calves under artificial rearing with an average of 22 ± 3 days of age and 48.9 ± 8.8 kg of live weight were randomly assigned to three treatments: Tc, control disbudding with a thermal method using hot iron, Ta: disbudding with hot iron + flunixin meglumine (2.2 mg/kg intramuscular, 20 minutes prior to the procedure and Tp: disbudding using caustic paste. After disbudding and for 30 minutes, the number of times that each animal performed the following behaviors was recorded: Shakes head, scratches the head, rubs the head, presses the head, shakes the body, grooms, jumps, runs and bleats. Then the heart and respiratory rates were measured. In the Tp group the frequencies of shaking the head (p < 0. 0003), scratching the head (p< 0.0009), rubbing the head (p<0.0011), jumping (p<0.0005) and running (p<0.0002), were significantly higher than in the groups Ta and Tc. The heart rate of the Tp calves was significantly (p< 0.0013) higher (125.5 ± 13.5) than that of Ta (85.3 ± 24.2) and Tc (87 .0 ±18.8), as well as the respiratory rate, resulting in Tp (70.6 ±8.6) higher (p<0.02) than Ta (37.7 ± 20.9) and Tc (40.0 ± 21.2). The results showed that the use of caustic paste for disbudding has greater negative implications in terms of behavioral and physiological responses with respect to the thermal method and that under the conditions of this trial the intramuscular administration of flunixin meglumine did not show beneficial effects.
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Los autores agradecen a Ramón Mirabal y a los operarios del establecimiento lechero por brindarnos sus instalaciones y animales para poder llevar a cabo la investigación. También quieren agradecer su invalorable ayuda para garantizar que esta experiencia pueda haberse realizado a Emilio Alfaro y José Alfaro.
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No existen conflictos de intereses, tanto en lo concerniente a relaciones financieras ya que el estudio fue financiado por el INTA en su totalidad como a relaciones personales o de otro tipo con otras personas u organizaciones que pudieran influir de manera inapropiada en el presente trabajo.
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Martínez GM: Conceptualización del proyecto, supervisión y coordinación del trabajo de investigación, análisis de datos, recolección del material, redacción del trabajo. Suarez VH: Conceptualización del proyecto, gestión y coordinación del trabajo de investigación, análisis de datos, redacción del trabajo.
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