Quantitative assessment of nociception in horses by use of the nociceptive withdrawal reflex evoked by transcutaneous electrical stimulation

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1551-1556

  Spadavecchia, Claudia ^a   Spadavecchia, Luciano ^a   Andersen, Ole K ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Leandri, Massimo ^a   Schatzmann, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HORSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0036846425     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.1551     Document Type: Article

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