Behavioural and EEG changes in sheep in response to painful acute electrical stimuli

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-193

  Ong, R M ^a   Morris, J P ^a   O'Dwyer, J K ^a   Barnett, J L ^a   Hemsworth, P H ^a   Clarke, I J ^b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Behaviour; EEG; Electric shock; Electrooculogram; Pain; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; MALE; PAIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0031085442     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1997.tb10064.x     Document Type: Article

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