新西兰羊农对阉割和/或断尾期间羔羊疼痛管理的做法和意见。

IF 1.1 4区 农林科学 Q3 VETERINARY SCIENCES
New Zealand veterinary journal Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-11-11 DOI:10.1080/00480169.2022.2135626
K Kongara, R Corner-Thomas, S Bruere, K Lawrence, M C Gates
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摘要

目的:收集新西兰牧羊农民关于羔羊的结体和阉割技术的基线数据,他们对羔羊在这些过程中经历的疼痛程度的看法,以及他们对使用止痛药的看法。方法:对新西兰牧羊农户进行自愿横断面调查,对定量研究变量进行描述性统计。对自由文本评论进行专题分析。单变量逻辑回归用于评估与农民相关的因素,表明他们会考虑使用一种装置,允许在阉割和截尾的同时止痛。结果:共有432份问卷回复,包含足够完整的数据进行分析。340只公羊羔经常或有时进行阉割,242只(72.2%)采用橡胶环进行完全阉割,23只(6.9%)采用短阴囊法进行隐睾阉割,75只(22.4%)采用两种方法联合进行阉割。在423只(97.9%)表示经常或有时进行截尾的个体中,仅使用热铁的245只(57.9%),仅使用橡胶环的148只(35.0%),两种方法均使用的26只(5.8%),使用手术刀的3只(0.7%),无反应的1只(0.2%)。不到2%的受访者总是或有时在这些手术中使用止痛剂。在432名受访者中,分别有139人(32.2%)和180人(41.7%)强烈同意去势和截尾不会造成足够的疼痛,因此不需要使用止痛药。时间和成本被认为是缓解疼痛的主要障碍。在未经调整的逻辑回归分析中,女性、受教育程度高、养殖年限< 20年、相信手术后羔羊会经历高度疼痛、相信疼痛持续时间超过6小时的受访者更有可能表示愿意使用疼痛控制装置。结论和临床意义:我们的研究结果表明,目前很少有新西兰牧羊场主在断尾或阉割后为羔羊提供疼痛缓解。这可能是由于人们认为手术不够痛苦,不足以缓解疼痛,以及对时间和成本的担忧。这突出表明,有必要教育农民,让他们了解割尾和去势后羔羊的疼痛和痛苦,以及割尾和去势对动物福利的负面影响。农民还需要能够与这些程序同时进行的止痛技术和工具,以节省时间和劳动力成本。
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Practices and opinions of New Zealand sheep farmers towards pain management in lambs during castration and/or tail docking.

Aims: To collect baseline data from New Zealand sheep farmers on techniques for docking and castrating lambs, their perceptions of the level of pain lambs experience following these procedures, and their opinions about the use of pain relief.

Methods: From a voluntary cross-sectional survey of New Zealand sheep farmers, descriptive statistics were provided for quantitative study variables. Thematic analysis was performed on the free-text comments. Univariable logistic regression was used to assess factors associated with farmers indicating they would consider using a device allowing administration of pain relief simultaneously with castration and tail docking.

Results: There were 432 survey responses containing sufficiently complete data for analysis. Of the 340 individuals (77.5%) always or sometimes performing castration of ram lambs, 242 (72.2%) used rubber rings for complete castration, 23 (6.9%) used the short scrotum method for cryptorchid castration, and 75 (22.4%) used a combination of both methods. Of the 423 individuals (97.9%) who indicated that they always or sometimes performed tail docking, 245 (57.9%) used a hot iron only, 148 (35.0%) used a rubber ring only, 26 (5.8%) used both methods, 3 (0.7%) used a surgical knife, and 1 (0.2%) provided no response. Less than 2% of respondents always or sometimes used pain relief for these procedures. Of the 432 respondents, 139 (32.2%) and 180 (41.7%) strongly agreed that castration and tail docking do not cause sufficient pain to warrant using pain relief, respectively. Time and cost were identified as major barriers to providing pain relief. In the unadjusted logistic regression analyses, respondents who were female, had high levels of education, had been farming < 20 years, who believed lambs experienced high levels of pain following the procedures, and who believed pain lasted longer than 6 hours, were more likely to indicate willingness to use pain control devices.

Conclusion and clinical relevance: Our results suggest very few New Zealand sheep farmers currently provide lambs with pain relief following tail docking or castration. This is likely due to the perception that the procedures are not painful enough to warrant pain relief, and concern over time and cost. This highlights the need to educate farmers about lamb pain and distress following tail docking and castration, and its negative impact on animal welfare. Farmers also need pain relief techniques and tools that can be administered simultaneously with these procedures to save time and labour cost.

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New Zealand veterinary journal
New Zealand veterinary journal 农林科学-兽医学
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期刊介绍: The New Zealand Veterinary Journal (NZVJ) is an international journal publishing high quality peer-reviewed articles covering all aspects of veterinary science, including clinical practice, animal welfare and animal health. The NZVJ publishes original research findings, clinical communications (including novel case reports and case series), rapid communications, correspondence and review articles, originating from New Zealand and internationally. Topics should be relevant to, but not limited to, New Zealand veterinary and animal science communities, and include the disciplines of infectious disease, medicine, surgery and the health, management and welfare of production and companion animals, horses and New Zealand wildlife. All submissions are expected to meet the highest ethical and welfare standards, as detailed in the Journal’s instructions for authors.
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