Cattle Orchiectomy Pain Assessment Protocol

Pain severity was scored using the UNESP-Botucatu scale, a unidimensional composite pain scale previously validated for cattle undergoing orchiectomy (30 (link)). The UNESP-Botucatu scale is reported in detail in Supplementary Table S1. Briefly, five behaviors were monitored by an ordinal scale, ranging from 0 (normal) to 2 (totally abnormal), and applied to each parameter. Sedation was subjectively scored with a simple 0–3 sedation scale (0, fully alert or walking; 1, mildly sedated; 2, moderately sedated; 3, asleep) to be accounted for in the analysis.

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Micieli F., Guccione J., Della Valle G., Alterisio M.C., Ciaramella P., Vesce G, & Chiavaccini L. (2023). Clinical efficacy of an ultrasound-guided bilateral rectus sheath block for umbilical hernia repair in calves: A prospective randomized trial. Frontiers in Pain Research, 4, 1051504.

Publication 2023

Cattle Orchiectomy Pain Pain severity Sedation

Corresponding Organization : University of Florida

Other organizations : University of Naples Federico II

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independent variables

Pain severity scored using the UNESP-Botucatu scale

dependent variables

Behaviors monitored by an ordinal scale, ranging from 0 (normal) to 2 (totally abnormal)
Sedation scored with a simple 0–3 sedation scale (0, fully alert or walking; 1, mildly sedated; 2, moderately sedated; 3, asleep)

control variables

Not explicitly mentioned

controls

No positive or negative controls specified

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