The influence of lesion type on the duration of hyperalgesia associated with hindlimb lameness in dairy cattle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Whay, H R ^a,b   Waterman, A E ^a   Webster, A J F ^a   O'Brien, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Claw lesions; Dairy cattle; Hyperalgesia; Lameness; Nociceptive threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANTAR ULCER; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031928625     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(98)80058-0     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. BLOWEY, R. W. & SHARP, M. W. (1988). Digital dermatitis in dairy cattle. Veterinary Record 122, 505-8.
2. BLOWEY, R. W. (1992). Diseases of the bovine digit: description of common lesions. In Practice March 1992, 85-90.
3. CHAMBERS, J. P., WATERMAN, A. E. & LIVINGSTON, A. (1994). Further development of equipment to measure nociceptive thresholds in large animals. Journal of Veterinary Anaesthesia 21, 66-72.
4. CLARKSON, M. J., DOWNHAM, D. Y., FAULL, W. B. et al. (1996). Incidence and prevalence of lameness in dairy cattle. Veterinary Record 138, 563-7.
5. DICKENSON, A. H. (1990). A cure for wind up: NMDA receptor antagonists as potential analgesics. Trends In Pharmacological Sciences 11, 307-9.
6. KESTIN, S. C., KNOWLES, T. G., TINCH, A. E. & GREGORY, N. G. (1992). Prevalence of leg weakness in broiler chickens and it's relationship with genotype. Veterinary Record 131, 190-4.
7. LEVINE, J. & TAIWO, Y. (1994). Inflammatory pain. In Textbook of pain, ed. P. D. Wall & R. Melzack, pp. 44-56. London: Churchill Livingstone.
8. LEY, S. J., WATERMAN, A. E. & LIVINGSTON, A. (1995). A field study of the effect of lameness on mechanical nociceptive thresholds in sheep. Veterinary Record 137, 85-7.
9. LEY, S. J., WATERMAN, A. E. & LIVINGSTON, A. (1996). Measurement of mechanical thresholds, plasma cortisol and catecholamines in control and lame cattle: A preliminary study. Research in Veterinary Science 61, 172-3.
10. MANSON, F. J. & LEAVER, J. D. (1988). The influence of concentrate amount on locomotion and clinical lameness in dairy cattle. Animal Production 47, 185-90.
11. MAY, S. A. & WYN-JONES, G. (1987). Identification of hindleg lameness. Equine Veterinary Journal 19, 185-8.
12. MURRAY, R. D., DOWNHAM, D. Y., CLARKSON, M. J. et al. (1996). Epidemiology of lameness in dairy cattle: description and analysis of fool lesions. Veterinary Record 138, 586-91.
13. VERMUNT, J. J. (1992). "Subclinical" laminitis in dairy cattle. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 40, 133-8.
14. WHAM, H. R., WATERMAN, A. E. & WEBSTER, A. J. F. (1996). Influences of training and attentiveness on mechanical nociceptive thresholds in cattle. 8th World Congress on Pain - Vancouver. International Association for the Study of Pain, pp.6. Seattle: ISAP Press.
15. WHAY, H. R., WATERMAN, A. E. & WEBSTER, A. J. F. (1997). Associations between locomotion, claw lesions and nociceptive threshold in dairy heifers during the peripartum period. The Veterinary Journal 154, 155-61.
16. WHITAKER, D. A., KELLY, J. M. & SMITH, E. J. (1983). Incidence of lameness in dairy cows. Veterinary Record 113, 60-2.
17. WOOLF, C. J. (1983). Evidence for a central component of post-injury pain hypersensitivity. Nature 306, 686-8.
18. WOOLF, C. J. (1994). A new strategy for the treatment of inflammatory pain: prevention or elimination of central sensitization. Drugs 47, (Suppl. 5), 1-9.