. 2021 Apr 25;11(5):1235. doi: 10.3390/ani11051235

Table 1.

Median Pain Scores (including range) as awarded by veterinarians for different procedures and conditions in calves, assuming no analgesic drugs were administered. Numerical rating scores (NRS) differed between studies. Total number (n) of respondents to the surveys is given in brackets.

Conditions	Authors (Year) [Reference]
	Huxley et al. ^† (2006) [7]	Laven et al. ^† (2009) [45]	Kielland et al. ^‡,* (2009) [41]	Weber et al. ^‡ (2012) [47]	Remnant et al. ^‡ (2017) [9]	Tschoner et al. ^† (2020) [46]
	(n = 615)	(n = 166)	(n = 89)	(n = 741)	(n = 242)	(n = 274)
Distal limb/long bone fracture	8 (2–10)	9 (2–10) ^♦	8 (4–10)	8 (2–10)	9 (5–10)	8 (3–10)
Following dystocia	4 (1–10)	4 (1–10)	4 (1–8)	5 (1–10)	5 (1–9)	5 (0–10)
Umbilical abscess	5 (1–10)	5 (1–9)	n.A.¹	6 (1–10)	6 (2–9)	n.A. ¹
Umbilical infection	n.A.¹	n.A.¹	5 (2–8)	n.A.¹	n.A. ¹	7 (2–9)
Joint ill	7 (1–10)	8 (2–10)	7 (3–9)	7 (2–10)	7 (3–10)	8 (1–10)
Pneumonia	6 (1–10)	6 (2–10)	6 (2–10)	6 (1–10)	7 (1–10)	6 (1–10)
Intestinal Ill/Enteritis	n.A. ¹	n.A. ¹	6 (1–10)	n.A. ¹	n.A. ¹	5 (1–10)
Procedures	n.A. ¹	n.A. ¹	6 (1–10)	n.A. ¹	n.A. ¹	5 (1–10)
Castration (surgical)	6 (2–10)	8 (2–10)	n.A. ¹	10 (2–10)	7 (2–10)	9 (1–10)
Castration (rubber ring)	6 (1–10)	5 (2–10)	n.A. ¹	n.A. ¹	6 (2–10)	n.A. ¹
Castration (Burdizzo)	7 (2–10)	6 (2–10)	n.A. ¹	8 (1–10)	7 (2–10)	9 (2–10)
Umbilical hernia surgery	8 (2–10)	8 (3–10)	n.A. ¹	9 (2–10)	n.A. ¹	9 (1–10)
Disbudding	7 (2–10)	8 (3–10)	n.A. ¹	n.A. ¹	7 (2–10)	n.A. ¹
Dehorning	n.A. ¹		n.A. ¹	8 (1–10)	n.A. ¹	8 (1–10)

^† Pain scoring by use of an NRS ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable); ^‡ Pain scoring by use of an NRS ranging from 1 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable). * Survey conducted among veterinary students. ^♦ Pain assessment for “Repair of distal limb fracture”. ¹ n.A. Not Asked.