@conference {3672,
	title = {BRIEF COMMUNICATION: Effect of disbudding on pain sensitivity and weight-gain of dairy goat kids},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {77},
	year = {2017},
	month = {06/2017},
	pages = {159-160},
	address = {Rotorua},
	abstract = {Cautery disbudding is a painful husbandry procedure commonly carried out on dairy cow and goat farms worldwide. Disbudding can cause third-degree burns, subcutaneous tissue damage, inflammation, bacterial infection and in some cases death (Sanford 1989, Thompson et al. 2005, Wright et al. 1983). Physiological (e.g., cortisol, β-endorphins) and behavioural (e.g., head shaking) changes indicative of pain have been described in response to cautery disbudding in kids (Alvarez et al. 2015, Greenwood \& Shutt 1990, Ingvast-Larsson et al. 2011), but still little is known regarding the acute and long-term effects of cautery disbudding on goat kid welfare. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of cautery disbudding on the acute pain response and weight-gain in goat kids. This study was part of a larger project investigating alternative methods of disbudding in goat kids. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Hempstead MN and Stewart M and Sutherland MA}
}
