Thermal and mechanical nociceptive threshold testing in horses: A review

Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Love, Emma J ^a   Murrell, J ^a   Whay, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Analgesiometry; Horse; Nociceptive threshold testing; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 78651062599     PISSN: 14672987     EISSN: 14672995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2995.2010.00580.x     Document Type: Review

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