Pain and analgesia in domestic animals

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 199, Issue , 2010, Pages 159-189

  Livingston, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesic agents; Pain; Pain evaluation; Pain perception; Pain recognition

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; BUTORPHANOL; CARPROFEN; DETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; FLUNIXIN; KETOPROFEN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEDETOMIDINE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; NALBUPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYMORPHONE; PETHIDINE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PRILOCAINE; ROMIFIDINE; ROPIVACAINE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRAMADOL; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLAZINE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTHRALGIA; CHRONIC PAIN; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CATTLE; DOG; GOAT; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; NEURALGIA; PERCEPTION; SHEEP;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATS; CATTLE; DOGS; GOATS; HORSES; HUMANS; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PERCEPTION; SHEEP; TRAMADOL;

EID: 77953672044     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10324-7_7     Document Type: Review

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