The use of a hand-held algometer as a method to measure mechanical nociceptive thresholds in sheep

Animal Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Stubsjoen S M ^a,b   Valle, P S ^b,c   Zanella, A J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Animalia   (Norway)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Algometer; Animal welfare; Mechanical nociceptive threshold; Metacarpus; Pain; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALGOMETER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EWE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND HELD ALGOMETER; JOINT CAPSULE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL PAIN THRESHOLD; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OVIS ARIES; PAIN THRESHOLD; SHEEP; TECHNIQUE; VETERINARY ANATOMY; WRIST;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77949351349     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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