From: Effect of two methods and two anaesthetics for local anaesthesia of piglets during castration
Groups | SE | P values | |||||||
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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 |