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Table 5 Number of piglets without resistance movements, resistance movement score and time consumption during phase 1 and phase 2

From: Effect of two methods and two anaesthetics for local anaesthesia of piglets during castration

 

Groups

SE

P values

 

Control

Pro3

Pro2

Lid3

Lid2

Treatment/control

Two-step/three-step

Lidocaine/ procaine

Phase 1 (local anaesthesia/handling)

 Testicle 1, % piglets without resistance movements (level 1)

98

67

59

65

76

1.0

< 0.01

0.82

0.31

 Testicle 2, % piglets without resistance movements (level 1)

90

57

56

69

70

1.0

< 0.01

0.99

0.13

 Resistance movement score

1.2

1.7

1.9

1.6

1.5

0.1

< 0.01

0.88

0.02

 Time consumption, sec

3.2

6.1

5.7

5.5

5.1

0.3

< 0.01

0.07

0.03

Phase 2 (castration)

 Incision in skin, % piglets without resistance movements

20

67

65

79

63

8

< 0.01

0.27

0.59

 Removal of testicles, % piglets without resistance movements

6

29

31

36

52

9

< 0.01

0.30

0.16

 Resistance movement score

2.3

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.7

0.1

< 0.01

0.99

0.15

 Time consumption, sec

15

14

14

13

14

1.4

0.04

0.34

0.36

  1. SE standard error, Pro3 treatment with three-step injection with procaine, Pro2 treatment with two-step injection with procaine, Lid3 treatment with three-step injection with lidocaine, Lid2 treatment with two-step injection with lidocaine