Table 5.

Performance of non-castrated, band and knife castrated with or without a single application of s.c. meloxicam in Angus crossbred calves castrated at 1 wk of age from d 7 post-castration until the end of the study (d 56)

	Treatment1
	CT		BA		KN			P-value2
Item	NM	M	NM	M	NM	M	SEM	CAS	MED	CAS × MED
Initial BW, kg	48.4	46.7	47.7	47.9	49.2	48.3	2.18	0.80	0.60	0.90
Final BW, kg	112.9	109.6	109.5	113.5	111.7	111.9	3.44	0.98	0.86	0.53
ADG d 56, kg/d	1.16	1.10	1.09	1.17	1.14	1.14	0.061	0.98	0.87	0.53

¹CT = non-castrated but handled as castrated; BA = calves castrated with rubber rings; KN = calves castrated with a Newberry knife; NM = 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.

²CAS = castration effect; MED = medication effect.