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Topical anaesthesia reduces sensitivity of castration wounds in neonatal piglets. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
The aim of this study was to do determine the efficacy of the topical anaesthetic Tri-Solfen® in the amelioration of the pain of castration in piglets.
Sabrina Lomax, Charissa Harris, Peter A Windsor, Peter J White   +3 more
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Electroencephalography Can Distinguish between Pain and Anaesthetic Intervention in Conscious Lambs Undergoing Castration

Animals, 2020
Australian sheep routinely undergo painful surgical husbandry procedures without anaesthesia or analgesia. Electroencephalography (EEG) has been shown to be a successful measure of pain in livestock under a general anaesthetic.
Charissa Harris, Peter John White, Virginia L. Mohler, Sabrina Lomax   +3 more
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Effect of the number of incisions and use of local anesthesia on the physiological indicators of surgically-castrated piglets

International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine, 2018
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of local anesthesia and the number of incisions performed on the physiological blood profile of piglets after surgical castration. A total of 60 male piglets were divided into five groups of 12 each,
Efraín Pérez-Pedraza, Daniel Mota-Rojas, Ramiro Ramírez-Necoechea, Isabel Guerrero-Legarreta, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Karina Lezama-García, Patricia Mora-Medina, Marcelino Rosas, Victor Martínez, Miguel González-Lozano   +9 more
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Comparative Analysis of Oxidative Stress Induced by Chemical and Surgical Castration in Male Dogs [PDF]

Veterinary and Comparative Biomedical Research
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of chemical and surgical castration on oxidative stress in male dogs. A total of ten healthy male dogs, aged between 1 and 3 years, were assigned to two distinct groups: Group Surg underwent surgical ...
Dorrin Azari Motlagh, Reza Asadpour, Seyed Hossein Jarolmasjed, Mohammad Hassan Khadem Ansari, Siamak Kazemi Darabadi   +4 more
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S-ketamine and intranasal application: alternatives for the castration of male suckling piglets?

BMC Veterinary Research, 2021
Background The intramuscular injection of ketamine and azaperone was proposed as a suitable anaesthesia for male suckling piglets for surgical castration.
Sabrina Becker, Anna Maier, Saskia Peters, Kathrin Büttner, Gerald Reiner   +4 more
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Long-term Surgical and Chemical Castration Deteriorates Memory Function Through Downregulation of PKA/CREB/BDNF and c-Raf/MEK/ERK Pathways in Hippocampus [PDF]

International Neurourology Journal, 2019
Purpose Goserelin is a drug used for chemical castration. In a rat model, we investigated whether surgical and chemical castration affected memory ability through the protein kinase A (PKA)/cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-binding protein (
Mal-Soon Shin, Tae-Won Kim, Sang-Seo Park, Il-Gyu Ko, Chang-Ju Kim, Mia Kim, Su Yeon Roh, Kwang Taek Kim, Khae Hawn Kim   +8 more
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Effectof Castration on Some Immunological Aspects in Male Albino Rat [PDF]

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal, 2018
The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of surgical and chemical castration on some immunological aspects in adult male albino rats. A total number of forty adult male albino rats weighing 220±20 g and averaging 4 months old were used.
S. M. Habak, M. E. Azab, R. S. Ismail, A. A. Nafeaa   +3 more
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Surgical Castration in Hormone-Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients Can Be an Alternative for Medical Castration

Advances in Urology, 2012
Background. Most patients with metastatic prostate cancer are endocrinologically treated with LHRH agonist, but finally castration-refractory and hormone-refractory cancers occur.
Masayoshi Zaitsu, Mariko Yamanoi, Koji Mikami, Yuta Takeshima, Naohiko Okamoto, Sadao Imao, Akiko Tonooka, Takumi Takeuchi   +7 more
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Long-term chemical castration induces depressive symptoms by suppressing serotonin expression in rats

Animal Cells and Systems, 2018
Androgen deprivation therapy, also known as chemical castration, has been used as an adjunct to psychotherapy for sex offenders. Goserelin and bicalutamide are drugs used for chemical castration.
Jin-Hee Han, Mal-Soon Shin, Jae-Min Lee, Tae-Woon Kim, Jun-Jang Jin, Il-Gyu Ko, Sung-Eun Kim, Chang-Ju Kim, Mia Kim, Joo Hwan Roh, Khae Hawn Kim   +10 more
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Concentrations of neopterin, biopterin, and cortisol associated with surgical castration of piglets with lidocaine

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2015
The effect of surgical castration with local anesthesia using lidocaine on neopterin, biopterin, and cortisol blood plasma concentrations in piglets was studied.
P. Maršálek, M. Svoboda, J. Bernardy, V. Večerek   +3 more
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