Indicators of Acute Pain and Fly Avoidance Behaviors in Holstein Calves Following Tail-docking

Previous work showed that the banding process of docking minimally affected mature cows’ behavior and physiology, but cutting off the necrotic tail increased haptoglobin. Additionally the docked cows had more flies on the rear legs and exhibited more fly avoidance behaviors. Because many producers d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of dairy science 2002-11, Vol.85 (11), p.2850-2858
Hauptverfasser:	Eicher, S.D., Dailey, J.W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute-Phase Proteins - analysis Animal productions Animals Animals, Newborn behavior Behavior, Animal Biological and medical sciences Cattle - surgery Cattle Diseases - diagnosis Cattle Diseases - immunology Dairying - methods Diptera Female flies Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Heat Stress Disorders - veterinary pain Pain - diagnosis Pain - immunology Pain - veterinary Random Allocation Tail - surgery Terrestrial animal productions Time Factors Vertebrates
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