Epi. 290 – Disbudding Dairy Calves – How does the Method Influence Pain and Wound Healing
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Dr. Fred Gingrich interviews Dr. Cassandra Tucker about the impact of disbudding methods on pain and healing in dairy calves.
AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is joined by Dr. Cassandra Tucker, professor at the University of California-Davis. Tucker discusses that there have been changes over the past decade with how disbudding is done with caustic paste becoming more common vs. cautery methods that were previously more common. There is also the belief that caustic paste does not cause pain. The AABP guideline on disbudding and dehorning calves states that all methods of disbudding and dehornin...
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