Failure of analgesic drugs in clinical development is common. Along with the current
“reproducibility crisis” in pain research, this has led some to question the use of animal …

Pain is a personal, complex, and multidimensional experience involving sensory and
emotional components. The intensity of pain does not correlate linearly with the severity of …

This study aimed to characterize osteoarthritis (OA)-related chronic pain and disability in
experimental cats with naturally occurring OA. Peak vertical ground reaction force (PVF) …

A literature review identified six placebo‐controlled studies of analgesics in client‐owned
cats with degenerative joint disease‐associated pain. Five studies with 96 cats had …

Background Progress in establishing if therapies provide relief to cats with degenerative
joint disease (DJD)‐associated pain is hampered by a lack of validated owner‐administered …

Introduction Degenerative joint disease and associated pain are common in cats,
particularly in older cats. There is a need for treatment options, however evaluation of …

Objectives This study aimed to (1) compare outcome assessments in normal and
osteoarthritic cats and (2) evaluate the analgesic efficacy of tramadol in feline osteoarthritis …

The main objective of this pilot clinical trial was to evaluate outcome measures for the
assessment of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) robenacoxib in cats with …

Objective To evaluate the analgesic efficacy of meloxicam oral transmucosal spray (OTMS)
alone and with tramadol in cats with osteoarthritis (OA). Study design Randomized, blinded …

The primary aim of this study was to assess the potential of force plate analysis for
describing the stride cycle of the cat. The secondary aim was to define differences in feline …