For young calves, hot iron disbudding is the most effective and humane method when done early. It prevents horn growth and ...

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The same NSAID can also be used alongside local anaesthetic when disbudding young calves. Legislation permits the disbudding of calves up to 28 days of age by thermal cauterisation, and local ...

The effects of social buffering has not yet been examined in relation to disbudding; a painful husbandry procedure commonly performed on young dairy calves. The objective of this study was to ...

Below are some of our research themes related to pain and sickness behaviours Disbudding pain Around 300 000 calves born yearly in Finland and most of them are disbudded (ie their hornbuds are ...