Trial reportBMC veterinary research2012
Assessment of behavioral changes associated with oral meloxicam administration at time of dehorning in calves using a remote triangulation device and accelerometers.
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- Self-Administration of Meloxicam via Medicated Molasses Lick Blocks May Improve Welfare of Castrated Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Effects of oral meloxicam on physiological and behavioral outcomes of weaned calves following band castration.Translational animal science · 2025Article
- Literature Review on Technological Applications to Monitor and Evaluate Calves' Health and Welfare.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Indication of social buffering in disbudded calves.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Behavioral and performance response associated with administration of intravenous flunixin meglumine or oral meloxicam immediately prior to surgical castration in bull calves.Journal of animal science · 2022Article
- Behavioral and Physiological Response to Routine Thermal Disbudding in Dairy Calves Treated with Transdermal Flunixin Meglumine.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Pain Management in Farm Animals: Focus on Cattle, Sheep and Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Methods for Pain Assessment in Calves and Their Use for the Evaluation of Pain during Different Procedures-A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Analgesia for Sheep in Commercial Production: Where to Next?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Pharmacokinetics and Mitigation of Procedural-Pain in Cattle.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Accounting for space and uncertainty in real-time location system-derived contact networks.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Can Isoflurane and Meloxicam Mitigate Pain Associated with Cautery Disbudding of 3-Week-Old Goat Kids?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Calf aversion to hot-iron disbudding.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The effects of pretransportation or arrival meloxicam administration to calves entering the feedlot on morbidity, biomarkers, performance, and carcass characteristics.Translational animal science · 2019Article
- Effect of milk feeding strategy and lactic acid probiotics on growth and behavior of dairy calves fed using an automated feeding system1.Journal of animal science · 2019Article
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- Effect of subcutaneous meloxicam on indicators of acute pain and distress after castration and branding in 2-mo-old beef calves1,2.Journal of animal science · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundDehorning is common in the cattle industry, and there is a need for research evaluating pain mitigation techniques. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of oral meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, on cattle behavior post-dehorning by monitoring the percent of time spent standing, walking, and lying in specific locations within the pen using accelerometers and a remote triangulation device. Twelve calves approximately ten weeks of age were randomized into 2 treatment groups (meloxicam or control) in a complete block design by body weight. Six calves were orally administered 0.5 mg/kg meloxicam at the time of dehorning and six calves served as negative controls. All calves were dehorned using thermocautery and behavior of each calf was continuously monitored for 7 days after dehorning using accelerometers and a remote triangulation device. Accelerometers monitored lying behavior and the remote triangulation device was used to monitor each calf's movement within the pen.
resultsAnalysis of behavioral data revealed significant interactions between treatment (meloxicam vs. control) and the number of days post dehorning. Calves that received meloxicam spent more time at the grain bunk on trial days 2 and 6 post-dehorning; spent more time lying down on days 1, 2, 3, and 4; and less time at the hay feeder on days 0 and 1 compared to the control group. Meloxicam calves tended to walk more at the beginning and end of the trial compared to the control group. By day 5, the meloxicam and control group exhibited similar behaviors.
conclusionsThe noted behavioral changes provide evidence of differences associated with meloxicam administration. More studies need to be performed to evaluate the relationship of behavior monitoring and post-operative pain. To our knowledge this is the first published report demonstrating behavioral changes following dehorning using a remote triangulation device in conjunction with accelerometers.
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