Efficacy of oral meloxicam suspension for prevention of pain and inflammation following band and surgical castration in calves

Table 4 Mean Visual Analog Scale scores Behavioral Data in Band and Surgically Castrated Animals

Study Day	Band vs Surgical Castration P value		Treatment	Band Castrated			Surgically Castrated
Study Day	Band vs Surgical Castration P value		Treatment	Mean (%)	Standard Error	P Value	Mean (%)	Standard Error	P Value
Day -1	Control	Meloxicam	Meloxicam	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.000
Day -1	Control	Meloxicam	Control (Saline)	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.000
Day 0	0.0001	<0.0001	Meloxicam	21.97	3.10	0.0001	12.70	2.12	0.0001
Day 0	0.0001	<0.0001	Control (Saline)	41.07	3.73	0.0001	27.64	3.04	0.0001
Day 1	0.002	0.0002	Meloxicam	17.05	2.66	0.0001	7.67	1.53	0.002
Day 1	0.002	0.0002	Control (Saline)	34.17	3.28	0.0001	15.92	2.25	0.002
Day 2	0.0136	0.0031	Meloxicam	17.25	2.88	0.0056	7.20	1.51	0.0136
Day 2	0.0136	0.0031	Control (Saline)	26.61	3.29	0.0056	14.69	2.39	0.0136
Day 3	0.0515	0.1296	Meloxicam	10.61	1.78	0.0515	3.73	0.72	0.1296
Day 3	0.0515	0.1296	Control (Saline)	16.44	2.37	0.0515	6.04	0.98	0.1296

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