Assessing pain in animals - Putting research into practice

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Flecknell, P A ^a   Roughan, J V ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Animal; Animal welfare; Pain; Pain assessment; Pain scoring

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; MELOXICAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542790640     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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