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Quantitative assessment of pain associated behaviours of male lambs (less than 1 week and 6-8 weeks old) in response to castration or tail docking with a new method (Clampeasy) compared with a 'best welfare practice' method which includes local anaesthesia and analgesia Project Reference:

R&DCPV 73000000
Value£45k
Awarded31 Jan 2022
Published3 May 2022
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

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Contract value in context
£45ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

This sits in the lower-middle of the Research & Development band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The proposed research is intended to provide evidence of the practicability and effectiveness of a new method (Clampeasy) for castration and tail docking of lambs which produces rapid and permanent local anaesthesia of the scrotum/testes and the tail.

The trial will help determine if Clampeasy can provide an acceptable 'on farm' alternative to current practices.

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What the notice asks for

01

The proposed research is intended to provide

The proposed research is intended to provide evidence of the practicability and effectiveness of a new method (Clampeasy) for castration and tail docking of lambs which produces rapid and permanent local anaesthesia of the scrotum/testes and the tail.

02

The trial will help determine if Clampeasy

The trial will help determine if Clampeasy can provide an acceptable 'on farm' alternative to current practices.

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