Exploring non-invasive methods to assess pain in sheep

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-648

  Stubsjøen, Solveig M ^a,b   Flø, Andreas S ^a   Moe, Randi O ^a   Janczak, Andrew M ^a   Skjerve, Eystein ^a   Valle, Paul S ^a,c   Zanella, Adroaldo J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Animalia   (Norway)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Eye temperature; Heart rate variability; Infrared thermography; Pain; Sheep

Indexed keywords

FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LICKING; LIMB ISCHEMIA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLONIXIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPERALGESIA; ISCHEMIA; LIP; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TOURNIQUETS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 71849105015     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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