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A study at Kansas State University demonstrated how lidocaine-infused castration bands help calves transition through the painful castration phase more smoothly and comfortably than after standard castration practices.
Increased lying time versus controls between days 21 and 35 post-banding demonstrated how Solvet’s LidobandTM improves calf comfort as bands start cutting through the scrotal tissue. Also, calves receiving the lidocaine-treated bands gained an average of three pounds versus controls during the study period.
Source: Bovine Veterinarian, November/December 2024. Link. The researchers chose beef-on-dairy calves because of the increase of male calves entering calf ranches and requiring castration where animal stewardship and welfare are concerns.
Now available in four sizes, more information is here https://lidoband.com/en/home and at Booth 502, Exhibit Hall C, during the American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual conference, September 11 through 13. Find the list of distributors here.
We now have a type of analgesia that was not available before . . . In addition to weight gain, it’s also about doing the right thing for our animals and providing some type of analgesic relief and decreasing stress during castration.” – Eduarda Bortoluzzi, MV, PhD