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Table 5 Percentage of displayed behaviours the castration day (day 0) and the following (day 1) when lidocaine respectively meloxicam was administered or not

From: Effect of local anaesthesia and/or analgesia on pain responses induced by piglet castration

 

Day

L+LM

C+M

M+LM

C+L

Body position

0

44.7

48.3

44.8

45.2

 

1

38.9

41.9

39.3

40.7

Non-specific behaviour

0

75.3

71.1

75.0

74.6

 

1

74.9

74.7

77.6

73.9

Pain-related behaviour

0

4.7

6.1

4.6(a)

6.5(b)

 

1

3.6

5.8

4.3a

6.0b

Social cohesion

0

3.7

3.5

2.7

2.4

 

1

1.6

2.2

2.1

2.3

Location-heat lamp

0

52.3

55.9

52.6

52.9

 

1

52.2

51.2

48.3

50.4

  1. Piglets given meloxicam (M+LM) showed less pain-related behaviour than piglets not given meloxicam (C+L) on both the castration day (day 0, p = 0.06, n.s.) and the following day (day 1, p = 0.04). Means with different letters indicate significant difference (p < 0.05).