There is a moral obligation to minimize pain in pigs used for human benefit. In livestock
production, pigs experience pain caused by management procedures, eg, castration and tail …

Transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS), commonly refered to as" patches", present a
nonintrusive technique to provide medication without the need for invasive procedures …

Large Animal Internal Medicine, 4th Edition features a problem-based approach with
discussions of over 150 clinical signs. This is the first internal medicine reference that …

Lameness is a common animal health condition with significant production and welfare
implications. The transdermal formulation of flunixin meglumine is the only approved drug …

Both the economic loss and welfare implications of lameness affect the dairy industry.
Currently no analgesic drugs are approved to alleviate lameness-associated pain in …

Pain associated with lameness on farm is a negative affective state and has a detrimental
impact on individual farm animal welfare. Animal pain can be managed utilizing husbandry …

Translating basic pain research from rodents to humans has proven to be a challenging
task. Efforts have been made to develop preclinical large animal models of pain, such as the …

Lameness in breeding swine has a large negative economic impact and is a welfare
concern. Pain-related behaviour, such as postural changes, may be used to evaluate the …

Pressure algometry can be used to quantify mechanical nociceptive threshold (MNT) in
humans and animals. If reliable this may be a useful tool to examine calves for increased …

Lameness in sows may be associated with pain and poor welfare and requires early
detection and treatment. The objective of this study was to use the non-steroidal anti …