Animal sentience refers to the capacity of animals to feel both positive and negative
emotions including that of pain. As veterinary health professionals, we have a medical and …

Practical relevance: Chronic pain is a feline health and welfare issue. It has a negative
impact on quality of life and impairs the owner–cat bond. Chronic pain can exist by itself or …

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 …

The '2022 AAFP/ISFM Cat Friendly Veterinary Interaction Guidelines: Approach and
Handling Techniques'(hereafter the 'Cat Friendly Veterinary Interaction Guidelines') support …

Objectives The aim of this study was to develop an evidence-based, clinically expedient
checklist to identify cats likely to have degenerative joint disease (DJD)-associated pain …

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and responsiveness of the
Feline Musculoskeletal Pain Index (FMPI) using the collective results of multiple clinical …

Practical relevance: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used and
are effective for the management of pain in cats. These Guidelines will support veterinarians …

One of the biggest challenges for analgesic drug development is how to decide if a potential
analgesic candidate will work in humans. What preclinical data are the most convincing …

Background Feline osteoarthritis (OA) leads to chronic pain and somatosensory
sensitisation. In humans, sensory exposure can modulate chronic pain. Recently …

Practical relevance: An understanding of the process of musculoskeletal ageing–which all
senior and geriatric cats will experience–is vital to maintaining the health and welfare of our …