کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2397164 1101893 2012 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Clinical Analgesia in Reptiles
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Clinical Analgesia in Reptiles
چکیده انگلیسی

Reptile pain and analgesia is only beginning to be understood in veterinary research and clinical medicine. The diversity of the class Reptilia also makes it difficult to extrapolate analgesic efficacy across species. Many veterinary clinicians argue that the administration of analgesic medication is risky to the patient and may mask behavioral signs of pain, which are considered evolutionarily adaptive for survival. However, veterinarians have an ethical obligation to treat painful conditions in all animals, including reptiles, because effective pain management reduces stress-induced disruption to homeostatic mechanisms and also decreases morbidity and mortality associated with trauma or surgery. Nevertheless, several obstacles limit successful analgesic use, including subjectivity of pain assessment, inadequate knowledge regarding analgesic efficacy across species, pharmacokinetics of analgesic drugs, and the unknown relationship between risks and benefits for this class of drugs. The objective of this review is to provide a current perspective on the practical application of analgesic medication in commonly maintained pet reptile species.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine - Volume 21, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 158–167
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