Table 1 Heart Rates of Calves following Band or Surgical Castration
Band Castration | Surgical Castration | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time Post – Castration | Treatment | Mean (beats/min) | SE | P Value | Mean (beats/min) | SE | P Value |
2–4 h | Meloxicam | 119.3 | 2.2 | 0.0001 | 100.2 | 4.0 | 0.0019 |
Control (Saline) | 141.2 | 2.7 | 116.6 | 2.0 | |||
6–8 h | Meloxicam | 112.9 | 2.0 | 0.0005 | 98.4 | 5.1 | 0.0003 |
Control (Saline) | 131.3 | 3.4 | 122.9 | 3.0 | |||
8–10 h | Meloxicam | 113.3 | 3.9 | 0.0033 | 103.2 | 3.6 | 0.0026 |
Control (Saline) | 134.8 | 4.6 | 119.0 | 2.7 | |||