Huxley J N, Whay H R
Division of Food Animal Science, Bristol Veterinary School, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU.
Vet Rec. 2006 Nov 11;159(20):662-8. doi: 10.1136/vr.159.20.662.
A questionnaire to examine the attitudes and perceptions of cattle practitioners to pain in cattle was sent to 2398 practitioners working in the UK, and 641 responses were received. From the range of procedures and conditions outlined in the questionnaire, claw amputation was scored as the most painful procedure undergone by adult cattle (assuming no analgesic drugs were administered), and neck calluses were scored as the least painful condition experienced by adult cattle. The pain associated with dystocia was considered the least painful experience for calves, and fracture of a distal limb and surgery for an umbilical hernia equally the most painful. There were significant differences between the pain scores assigned by men and women and by respondents who had graduated in different decades; female respondents and more recent graduates tended to give a higher pain score for most conditions. There were also significant differences between the pain scores assigned by respondents who routinely used analgesics and those who did not, the latter being more likely to assign significantly lower pain scores.
一份用于调查养牛从业者对牛疼痛的态度和认知的问卷被发送给了在英国工作的2398名从业者，共收到641份回复。从问卷中列出的一系列操作和病症来看，爪部截肢被评为成年牛经历的最痛苦的操作（假设未使用镇痛药物），而颈部胼胝被评为成年牛经历的最不痛苦的病症。难产对犊牛来说被认为是最不痛苦的经历，而远端肢体骨折和脐疝手术同样被认为是最痛苦的。男性和女性以及不同年代毕业的受访者所给出的疼痛评分存在显著差异；女性受访者和近期毕业的受访者在大多数情况下往往给出更高的疼痛评分。经常使用镇痛药的受访者和不经常使用镇痛药的受访者所给出的疼痛评分也存在显著差异，后者更有可能给出明显更低的疼痛评分。
