Use of electroacupuncture as an analgestic for laparotomies in two dairy cows

Electroacupuncture was used as the sole analgesic for standing laparotomies on 2 Friesian cows. Needles placed in the lumbosacral space, and second lumbar interspinous space and high in the lumbar fossa were stimulated with an AC current at 15 to 28 Hz. The analgesia produced was similar to that of a paralumbar nerve block.