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Therefore, the objectives of this study were to determine the efficacy of inguinal buffered lidocaine (BL) and FM in mitigating castration pain in piglets. This study was divided into Part I (physiological response) and Part II (behavioral response). For part I piglets were randomly assigned to the following treatments: T1: (C) Castration plus physiological saline; T2: (S) Sham plus physiological saline; T3: (CL) Castration plus BL; T4: (SL) Sham plus BL; T5: (CF) Castration plus FM; T6: (SF) Sham plus FM; T7: (CLF) Castration plus BL and FM; T8: (SLF) Sham plus BL and FM. Blood was collected 24\u2005h prior to castration, 1\u2005h, and 24\u2005h post castration for cortisol quantification. For Part II another cohort of piglets was enrolled and randomly assign to the following treatments: T1: (C) Castration plus physiological saline and T7: (CLF) Castration plus BL and FM. Behavior scoring was obtained in real-time by observing each piglet for 4-min continuously using Unesp-Botucatu pig acute pain scale (UPAPS) at the following timepoints: 1\u2005h before castration (\u22121\u2005h), immediately post-castration (0\u2005h), and 3\u2005h post-castration (+3\u2005h). Average cortisol concentrations did not differ at \u221224\u2005h (<jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;gt;\u20090.05) or at 24\u2005h post-castration (<jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;gt;\u20090.05) between treatments. At 1\u2005h post-castration, castrated piglets (C and CL) demonstrated greater cortisol concentrations (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05). Castrated piglets in the CF and CLF group had lower cortisol concentrations compared to C and CL-treated pigs (<jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;\u20090.05). For behavioral response, there were no differences between treatments on total UPAPS scores (C and CLF, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;gt;\u20090.05). Intranasal FM was able to effectively reduce the physiological piglet's response immediately post-castration. Inguinal buffered lidocaine had no effect on the either physiological or behavioral response to pain. 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