TY  -  
T1  - The age of surgical castration affects the healing process in beef calves 
SN  -  /  
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/225928 
T3  -  
A1  - Norring, Marianna; Mintline, Erin M.; Tucker, Cassandra B. 
A2  -  
PB  -  
Y1  - 2017 
LA  - eng 
AB  - Castration is painful for calves. Castrating at an earlier age is often recommended, but little is known about how this affects the healing process or the pain experienced. We compared incision closure, swelling and pain sensitivity of beef calves surgically castrated at 3 (range 0 to 8 d; n = 16) or 73 (range 69 to 80 d; n = 15) d of age. Closure of the incision, as measured with a 5-point scale (1 = fresh wound, 5 = no longer visible), weight gain, and inflammation (skin temperature and swelli... 
VO  -  
IS  -  
SP  -  
OP  -  
KW  - 413 Veterinary science; 412 Animal science, dairy science; age; castration; cattle; pain; von Frey 
N1  -   
PP  -  
ER  -