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'''Local analgesia/anaesthesia''' is used in patient to desensitise a particular region of the body using techniques such as local infiltration, epidural, paravertebral and specific nerve blocks, and intravenous regional anaesthesia. It can be used as a diagnostic aid, for example lameness investigations in horses, peri- and post-operative analgesia, possibly reducing the depth of anaesthesia required to perform a procedure, as well as anaesthesia for minor surgical procedures, for example paravertebral nerve blocks are used for standing surgeries in cattle. [[Local Anaesthetics|Local anaesthetic]] agents are used, but in some cases it may be necessary to use a sedative agent to calm the animal, such as in the case of standing surgeries. Techniques are often easy to learn and do not require any expensive equipment.
'''Local analgesia/anaesthesia''' is used in patient to desensitise a particular region of the body using techniques such as local infiltration, epidural, paravertebral and specific nerve blocks, and intravenous regional anaesthesia. It can be used as a diagnostic aid, for example lameness investigations in horses, peri- and post-operative analgesia, possibly reducing the depth of anaesthesia required to perform a procedure, as well as anaesthesia for minor surgical procedures, for example paravertebral nerve blocks are used for standing surgeries in cattle. [[Local Anaesthetics|Local anaesthetic]] agents are used, but in some cases it may be necessary to use a sedative agent to calm the animal, such as in the case of standing surgeries. Techniques are often easy to learn and do not require any expensive equipment.