Piglets castrated without the topical administration of a local anesthetic to the wound spent more time ( P ,0.05) lying withoutcontact comparedwith piglets givena short- or long-acting topical anesthetic after castration. The time spent lying without contact did not differ ( P .0.0.5) among control piglets and piglets castrated with or without an anesthetic (CON: 1.160.51, CAS: 1.760.51, SHORT: 0.860.51 and LONG: 0.360.51). There was no time by treatment interaction ( P .0.05) for the time spent lying