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Preliminary exploration of the health and behavior around the time of transportation of beef × dairy calves and Holstein bull calves 3 days of age or younger in the western United States by Cramer, M.C., Machuca, E., Román-Muñiz, I.N., Edwards-Callaway, L.N.

“…In the western United States, it is common practice for dairy and beef × dairy calves to be sold and shipped within the first few days of life, making…”
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Use of exsanguination blood lactate to assess the quality of pre-slaughter pig handling by Edwards, L.N., Grandin, T., Engle, T.E., Porter, S.P., Ritter, M.J., Sosnicki, A.A., Anderson, D.B.

“…The objective of these studies (Exp.1, n = 76; Exp.2, n = 140) was to characterize the relationship of pre-slaughter animal-handling events to exsanguination…”
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The relationship between exsanguination blood lactate concentration and carcass quality in slaughter pigs by Edwards, L.N., Engle, T.E., Correa, J.A., Paradis, M.A., Grandin, T., Anderson, D.B.

“…A group of 128 cross-bred barrows were used to determine the relationship between exsanguination blood lactate concentration ([LAC]) and carcass quality…”
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The effects of pre-slaughter pig management from the farm to the processing plant on pork quality by Edwards, L.N., Grandin, T., Engle, T.E., Ritter, M.J., Sosnicki, A.A., Carlson, B.A., Anderson, D.B.

“…Two experiments (Exp.1, n = 80; Exp.2, n = 144) were conducted to determine the effects of pre-slaughter pig management on pork quality by monitoring blood…”
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Dairy calf transportation in the United States: Challenges and strategies to improve animal welfare by Cramer, M.C., Pempek, J.A., Román-Muñiz, I.N., Edwards-Callaway, L.N.

“…[Display omitted] The objectives of this symposium review are to summarize relevant research and key welfare issues relative to calf transportation and…”
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The effect of timing of oral meloxicam administration on physiological responses in calves after cautery dehorning with local anesthesia by Allen, K A, Coetzee, J F, Edwards-Callaway, L N, Glynn, H, Dockweiler, J, KuKanich, B, Lin, H, Wang, C, Fraccaro, E, Jones, M, Bergamasco, L

“…Dehorning is a painful husbandry procedure that is commonly performed in dairy calves. Parenteral meloxicam combined with local anesthesia mitigates the…”
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Effect of castration method on neurohormonal and electroencephalographic stress indicators in Holstein calves of different ages by Dockweiler, J C, Coetzee, J F, Edwards-Callaway, L N, Bello, N M, Glynn, H D, Allen, K A, Theurer, M E, Jones, M L, Miller, K A, Bergamasco, L

“…As public concern for food animal welfare increases, a need to validate objective pain assessment tools exists in order to formulate animal welfare policies…”
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A study to compare circulating flunixin, meloxicam and gabapentin concentrations with prostaglandin E2 levels in calves undergoing dehorning by Fraccaro, E., Coetzee, J.F., Odore, R., Edwards-Callaway, L.N., KuKanich, B., Badino, P., Bertolotti, L., Glynn, H., Dockweiler, J., Allen, K., Bergamasco, L.

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the pharmacokinetics of intravenous flunixin (2.2mg/kgb.w.), oral meloxicam (1mg/kgb.w.), oral gabapentin…”
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Persistence of blood changes associated with alteration of the dietary electrolyte balance in commercial pigs after feed withdrawal, transportation, and lairage, and the effects on performance and carcass quality by Edwards, L.N, Engle, T.E, Paradis, M.A, Correa, J.A, Anderson, D.B

“…Increasing dietary electrolyte balance (dEB) has previously been shown to reduce the incidence of nonambulatory and noninjured swine, improve meat quality, and…”
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The effects of bolt length on penetration hole characteristics, brain damage and specified-risk material dispersal in finished cattle stunned with a penetrating captive bolt stunner by Wagner, D.R., Kline, H.C., Martin, M.S., Alexander, L.R., Grandin, T., Edwards-Callaway, L.N.

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of captive bolt lengths on penetration hole characteristics, brain damage, and specified risk material…”
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