ArticleFrontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)2022
Efficacy of transdermal flunixin in mitigating castration pain in piglets.
Article in Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Efficacy of intranasal non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on pain responses in castrated and tail-docked piglets.Porcine health management · 2026Article
- Proposing a short version of the Unesp-Botucatu pig acute pain scale using a novel application of machine learning technique.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Impact of observation duration on behavioural pain assessment and intra-observer reliability in castrated piglets: A pilot study.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2025Article
- Advancing outcome measure development and analytical approaches: Pain in Animals Workshop 2023.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Less experienced observers assess piglet castration-induced acute pain differently than experienced observers: A pilot study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Effects of assessment method (real-time versus video-recorded) on a validated pain-altered behavior scale used in castrated piglets.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Efficacy of inguinal buffered lidocaine and intranasal flunixin meglumine on mitigating physiological and behavioral responses to pain in castrated piglets.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Castration is a painful procedure performed in swine and to date, there are no approved products available in the US to alleviate this pain. Previous work evaluating the efficacy of flunixin meglumine has shown promise in mitigating pain in swine, but no work to date has evaluated transdermal flunixin efficacy in mitigating castration pain in piglets. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of transdermal flunixin (TDF) in mitigating castration pain utilizing a previously validated behavioral pain scale. A total of 98 Large White x Duroc cross male piglets from 98 litters were enrolled in this study. Piglets were randomly assigned to the following treatments: (1) TDF plus castration (3.33 mg/kg; CF;
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