Disbudding pain: The benefits of disbudding goat kids with dexmedetomidine hydrochloride

• Published in: Small ruminant research Vol. 139; pp. 60 - 66
• Main Authors: Nfor, Oswald Ndi, Chan, Jacky Peng-Wen, Kere, Michel, Peh, Huo-Cheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.06.2016
• Subjects: cortisol; dexmedetomidine; Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride; Disbud; Goat kids; heart rate; kidding; kids (goats); lidocaine; meloxicam; Pain; respiratory rate; sedation; temperature; Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride; Goat kids; Pain; Disbud

•Disbudding, a stressful and painful procedure is increasingly becoming an everyday practice in dairy goat farms.•Kids were disbudded using different disbudding pre-medications.•Plasma cortisol levels were significantly higher in kids that were hot-iron disbudded without treatment, and those that re...