Table 2.

Swelling and healing scores of non-medicated and medicated with a single application of s.c. meloxicam of Angus crossbreed calves castrated at 1 wk, of age from d 7 post-castration until the end of the study (d 56)

	Treatment1
	NM			M			P-value2
	N	Median	95% FCL3	N	Median	95% FCL3
Swelling score
4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	4	14	14	7	14	14–21	0.83
2	3	7	7	3	7	7	0.18
1	21	7	7–28	23	7	7–42	0.45
0	14	35	28–49	16	35	28–56	0.07
Healing score
1	14	7	7	17	7	7	0.99
2	20	7	7–21	23	7	7–21	0.45
3	14	21	21–42	21	28	14–42	0.67
4	19	28	28–49	22	35	21–56	0.12
5	14	49	35–56	15	49	35–56	0.24

¹NM = single s.c. injection of lactated ringer’s at castration time; M = single injection of s.c. meloxicam (0.5 mg/kg) at castration time.

² P-value = medication effect.

³ n = number of animals observed at each score; median: median days to reach each healing score relative to day of castration and castration; FCL = 95% confidence limits distribution free of the days to reach each healing score.