A pilot study: Sodium urate synovitis as an acute model of inflammatory response using objective and subjective criteria to evaluate arthritic pain in cats

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 456-465

  Carroll, G L ^a   Narbe, R ^b   Peterson, K ^c   Kerwin, S C ^a   Taylor, L ^d   DeBoer, M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA INC   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELOXICAM; URATE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CATS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVITIS; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; URIC ACID;

FELIDAE;

EID: 53149126903     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2008.00973.x     Document Type: Article

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