Assessment of visceral pain associated with metritis in dairy cows

Metritis is a common disease in dairy cattle but little work has assessed pain associated with this disease. Tissue palpation is commonly used to assess pain in human and veterinary medicine. The objective of this study was to evaluate visceral pain responses during rectal and uterine palpation in h...

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Main Author: Stojkov, Jane
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/51118