wbvs58 said:
You are all not very political correct. What about pain relief both during the procedure and during recovery. I think there is stuff here called "Numnuts" and various forms of Meloxicam for after. My take on it is you have to be seen to be doing the right thing, doesn't really matter whether it actually works as long as you went through the process, probably caused more distress to the animal administering whatever as opposed to a fast efficient operator.
Ken
Who has time for some sort of pain relief? I counted it up. I went to 10 brandings here this spring. There was one with 76 calves, one with 140 calves, the rest were all 200+ calves. Calves are roped and drug to the fire. They are branded, castrated, given 2 or 3 shots, and ear tagged or dehorned if needed. 200 calves in around 3 hours. Slam bam we are done, next. Calf is back to mom well before any pain relief would take affect.